1. Presenters: Justin, Flona, Anita Dec. 26, 2011 Alternative Assessment Oral Presentation about Interesting Topic

2. Promote students’ motivation Decrease students’ anxiety “learning English is happy” Encourage students to express as possible as they can Build up students’ autonomy Authentic materials

3. Selective A2 level course 3 hours per week 30 students in the class Background music (ex: light music)

4. Undergraduates are from different countries Non-English major students Suggest students selecting A1 level course before to the A2 level course

6. Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Referenc e_for_Languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Referenc e_for_Languages

7. Students choose an Interesting topic for their own oral presentation in 35 mins 4-5 reporters every week Teacher plays background music at the beginning of the class The music would stop when activities begin Short intro. in 5 mins Audience may select topics

8. Separate into small groups for each presentation Oral presentation in 20 mins Teacher would observe and make notes during the presentation Q&A session in 10 mins Speakers and audience must finish assessment sheet with background music

9. Teacher’s observation & holistic evaluation Self-evaluation Peer-evaluation

12.  How do you think about your performance? Such as fluency or time control in the presentation.  How does the audiences’ reaction and performance? Please write the description includes positive and negative points.  Do you clearly express the main idea in the presentation?  After conducting the interesting activity, does it enhance your learning motivation or lower anxiety?  For the presentation, give yourself a cool score.(1~10)  If you have other comments, please write down there as clearly as possible.

13.  After listening to the presentation, do you get the general ideas of that topic?(Brief summary)  Does the presentation still enhance your interest in the topic?  Does the expressing way of the speechmaker is clear? Do you understand the concept without ambiguity?  Do you learn some information and knowledge from the presentation?  After listening to the presentation, do you want to have further information about this topic?  If you have other comments, please write down as clearly as possible.

14. Q & A