genre. The 50 language activities of the Curriculum are listed in section
2.4.
The process of judging something. In this Curriculum, assessment
specifically refers to the process of judging a student’s language
performance, involving devising, administering, marking (grading),
analysing and reporting scores. The following types of assessment are
used: formative (continuous, mid-term, etc.) and summative (final
assessment). See also authentic assessment, peer assessment.
Audio recording software: an open-source audio editor and recorder,
which provides the capability to perform several functions on recorded
texts. Download available from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/
Authentic usually means “real” and that is what it means in the context of
this Curriculum. An authentic text is a stretch of real language, produced
by a real speaker or writer for a real audience and designed to convey a
real message of some sort. In other words, it is not a made-up text
produced by an imaginary speaker or writer for an imaginary audience and
designed to practise specific language points rather than to
convey real information. (See Supplementary Document
– Accessing
and using authentic materials)
Assessment based on real-world texts and real-world tasks.
Non-authentic assessment includes objective question types such as
multiple choice, true/false, short answer, gap-fill, matching.
(See Supplementary Document
– Guide to authentic assessment)
Autonomy is the ability to take charge of one's own learning, both
language learning and the learning of other subjects. When learners are
autonomous, The role of the teacher is to provide support or ‘scaffolding’.
Common tools aimed at developing autonomy are learner contracts,
electronic exercises with automatic feedback, search tasks using
concordancing programs, web research tasks and reflective blogs. See
also independent learning.
A baseline study researches the current context and conditions of the
area to be reformed, identifies problem areas and makes
recommendations for implementing reform.
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