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CILT Research Forum - Motivation in Language Learning

Assessing Modern Languages Achievement: a Scottish Pilot Study of Late Primary and Early Secondary Pupils

Richard Johnstone, Jane Cavani, Lesley Low, Joanna McPake
Edited by Lesley Low

December 2000
ISBN 1 898689 07 5

All chapters and appendices of the report, 'Assessing Modern Languages Achievement: a Scottish Pilot Study of Late Primary and Early Secondary Pupils', can be downloaded below in rtf format.


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The first two chapters of the report set the scene and context for the teaching, learning and assessment of modern languages in the primary and early secondary sectors in Scotland. Chapter Two gives details of the school and pupil samples involved in the pilot and reports teachers' and pupils' views gathered by questionnaire on a wide range of issues pertaining to current provision and practice of ML teaching in Scotland.

The second part of the report deals with the development, trialling and evaluation of the assessments and associated procedures. It draws on feedback from the assessors, schools and pupils. Chapter 3 covers the Primary 7 assessments and Chapter 4 the Secondary 2 assessments.

The final part of the report presents the detailed findings from the pilot. Chapters 5-8 deal with the skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing respectively. The final Chapter provides a summary of the findings and a set of conclusions. These are reproduced in the form in which they were originally presented to the SOEID in April 1999.

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Contents

Title Page, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, List of Contents

Part one: the context

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - The School and Pupil Samples

Part two: the assessments

Chapter 3 - The Primary 7 Assessments
Chapter 4 - The Secondary 2 Assessments

Part three: the findings

Chapter 5 - Listening (P7 and S2)
Chapter 6 - Reading (S2 only)
Chapter 7 - Speaking (P7 and S2)
Chapter 8 - Writing (S2 only)
Chapter 9 - Summary and Conclusions

Appendices

  1. School Feedback Questionnaires
  2. Pupil Feedback Questionnaires
  3. Assessor Feedback Questionnaire
  4. Details of Assessor Feedback by Task
  5. Test Outlines
  6. S2 Continuous Writing Exemplars (High Ability)