Quick Summary

I met with Tamotsu and he presented his plan or doing Program 3. First, we discussed how to evaluate knowledge/skill, thought/judgement/expression, and autonomous learning. Next we discussed his plan for each class. Tamotsu planned on doing TPPT for three of the “expression” learning classes but James recommended that he think of some kind of pre and post task for the reading classes as well. We also discussed his evaluation rubric and how to recategorize some of the items. We also modified the research questions slightly. Lastly, we discussed ways that the new graduate students could support Tamotsu’s research.

Evaluation Brainstorming

Knowledge and Skill

• Fluency (Speaking)
• Comprehension (Listening, reading)
• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Accuracy (Writing)
• Knowledge of environmental problems

Thought, Judgement, Expression

• Expressing an original idea
• Ability to use expressions in the textbook to say one’s own idea
• Considering ways to present in a manner that is easy for others to understand.

Autonomous learning

• Participate actively in language activities by making efforts to give presentations to others.
• Willingness to listen to advice from peers and the teacher and improve one’s presentation.
• Willingness to work collaboratively with peers.
• Willingness to collect extra information about one’s topic if necessary.

Research Questions (As of 3/6)

1. Will students who take the TPPT lessons show improvement in fluency, intelligibility, and coherence?
2. What are students’ attitudes towards assessment/communication in a TPPT lesson?

Classes at Kanan JHS

• Two weeks from mid-May to beginning of June, Program 3 Sunshine

Possible support of New Graduate Students

• New graduate students help give/score pre-test.
• New graduate students help prepare materials for classes.
• New graduate students help as assistants(?)

Next Time

Tamotsu will make

• Reading tasks
• New rubric
• Revise language tasks

We have to make sure that the pre/post test, tasks, questionnaires/ reflection, and research questions are consistent with one another.