Admission to Professional Studies
Applying for a Teaching Certificate
Many of the performance-based assessments required for teacher certification in French, German or Spanish will be met in the 319 and 320 methods courses and during student teaching. However, other assessments are addressed in the language major content courses. The following links will provide a list of the required assessments (which you will want to print and ask professors to sign as you complete each one), a description of each assessment and the rubric used for evaluation.
Content Portfolio Assessments Sign-off List
The listening assessment test will be given once each semester in the LLC Computer Lab in STV 231A. You will be notified of the date and time each semester via the LLC Teacher Ed listserv. We recommend that you take this test during the semester prior to student teaching.
Description: The listening assessment in French, Spanish, and German is divided into three sections, which cover the different areas described in the rubric. Students should read over all of the questions before beginning. Students should listen to the audio segment once, and then respond to the questions regarding the material covered. Once students have finished with the first, they should continue to the next segment of the assessment. At the end of the third section, students will be asked to write a brief essay in English on a topic related to the theme of the program. Among the skills students will be expected to demonstrate in this assessment are: an ability to describe, summarize, and interpret an oral message. Students will be expected to answer several questions regarding the content as well as to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words, interpret the narrator’s intention, or offer an interpretation of the message.
Description: Assessments of speaking
Choose one of the following assessments:
--Classes where these assessments can take place:
SPA 233, 243, 244, any 300 level course
FR 214, 305, any 300 level course
GR 217, 218, 222, any 300 level course
Assessment Rubric for Oral Presentational Competence
The Linguistics Assessment Test will be given once each semester in the LLC Computer Lab in STV 231A. You will be notified of the date and time each semester via the LLC Teacher Ed listserv. We recommend that you take this test during the semester prior to student teaching. Spanish Teacher Education majors may be able to complete the linguistics requirements in the Spanish 215.15 course. Students in Spanish who receive credit for 215.15 at another university or during a study abroad program will need to take the Linguistics Assessment Test described above. Please click on the rubric below for a more detailed explanation of the requirements.
Additional performance-based assessments will be explained and covered in the LAN 319.11 and 320.11 methods courses and during student teaching.
The Literary and/or Cultural Research Paper demonstrates the ability to interpret a literary and/or cultural text on a number of levels beyond the literal comprehension of the text, analyze it from a number of perspectives, and give a detailed personal interpretation of the text supported by a rich range of cultural knowledge. Click on the rubric for more details.
Literary and/or Cultural Paper Rubric
