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2017 • La evaluación interaccional en la clase de ELE

Authors: Jetté, Karine

Abstract: This research, focused on the Interactional Assessment Model, answers three essential questions about the assessment of oral interactions observed in Spanish courses (A1-B2) at the college and university level in metropolitan Montreal. The questions are: Why evaluate? What should be evaluated? And how should we evaluate? The Interactional Assessment Model is based on a series of tools that evaluate the students’ conversational skills in Spanish as a foreign language. The close relationship between teaching, learning, and assessment processes (...) This research, focused on the Interactional Assessment Model, answers three essential questions about the assessment of oral interactions observed in Spanish courses (A1-B2) at the college and university level in metropolitan Montreal. The questions are: Why evaluate? What should be evaluated? And how should we evaluate? The Interactional Assessment Model is based on a series of tools that evaluate the students’ conversational skills in Spanish as a foreign language. The close relationship between teaching, learning, and assessment processes occupies a central place in the definition of the Interactional Assessment Model and points to the interactional content that should be taught and evaluated in Spanish as a foreign language classes. The research specifies the conversational skills that allow for meaningful oral interaction to take place. It also focuses on the discourse markers that are essential for the creation of collaborative dialogue. The idea of cooperation is one of the thesis’ guidelines; it implies that students share in the responsibility of producing a fluid, balanced discussion. Reproducing during an exam the same conditions as those which characterize everyday face-to-face conversations, with their informality, is one of the challenges that the Interactional Assessment Model manages to overcome. A repertoire of the most useful discourse markers for fostering interactional competence in Spanish as a foreign language has been created and represents another central element of the thesis. It has enabled the realization of three goals: 1) identifying the characteristics of Spanish oral interaction present in most of the manuals used in Montreal; 2) reviewing 20 existing evaluation tools; and 3) presenting the results obtained on the basis of more than 100 recorded conversations oriented according to the Interactional Assessment Model. Regarding measuring instruments, the model relies on an oral portfolio that brings two types of oral examinations, quizzes and sequenced exams, together with oral interaction correction criteria and effective correction techniques in order to ensure a systematic evaluation process. The most conclusive findings of the research confirmed the essential relationship between the presence of interactional discourse markers and the successful construction of collaborative conversations. Moreover, the most significant contribution of this research for teaching Spanish as a foreign language is the creation of flexible and user-friendly tools that clearly demonstrate what needs to be taught so that students may successfully interact with one another in Spanish as well as provides means for evaluating their conversational competences. Finally, the Interactional Assessment Model proposes innovative, up-to-date assessment techniques that are based on the use of technologies and provide a quality feedback so the student is fully aware of his or her progress as well as of the steps necessary to improve. (Read More)

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