We conducted both pre-assessments and post-assessments during the 2023 Startalk-CFAP Summer Chinese Camp which was held from July 10th to August 4th. A total of 60 students from kindergarten to 8th grade enrolled in the camp.
Pre-Assessment
- Format: a proficiency-based diagnostic assessment
- When: the first day of the camp
- Purposes: to assess students’ Chinese language proficiency level; and to adjust our curriculum to meet the students’ learning needs.
- Scoring: ACTFL’s rubrics of language proficiency standards.
- Results: the students’ oral skills were one level higher than their written skills. The following tables show that the students’ oral skills were at the “intermediate – Advanced” levels (red in the table) while the written skills were at the “Novice-Intermediate” levels (red in the table).
Post-Assessment
- Format: a performance-based summative assessment
- When: the end of the camp
- Purposes: to assess if students reached the learning goals at the end of the camp; and if they could perform what they have learned.
- Type: the post-assessments were conducted in three performance-based formats to assess students’ achievements: in-class exam, group performing a play, and idiom graphics.
A) In-class exam
Rubrics: ACTFL language proficiency standards, and the camp curriculum design including conversation, oral presentation, reading & writing.
Results: the following chart shows that, compared with the results of the pre-assessment, the students’ reading ability (gray in the chat) has been greatly improved and reached the same level as their oral ability although their writing ability (yellow in the chart) has also been improved, but not as greatly as the reading ability.
B) Performing a play
Each class wrote, rehearsed & performed a play at the final closing ceremony. The following phots show some plays. The left photo is the play “A Fox borrows Tiger’s Might”. The right one is the play “Cao Chong Weights the Elephant”.
C) Idiom graphics
Each student created his/her own graphics through drawing and text to present their understanding of the idiomatic stories they learned. The following graphics are samples of the students’ graphics. The left drawing is for the idiom “Lord Ye Loves Dragon”, and the right drawing is for the idiom “Cao Chong Weights the Elephant”.
我们在2023年的Startalk-CFAP夏令营期间进行了营前评估和结营评估，该夏令营于7月10日至8月4日举行。共有60名幼儿园至八年级的学生参加了该夏令营。
营前评估
- 形式：基于能力的诊断性评估
- 时间：夏令营第一天
- 目的：评估学生的中文语言水平；并调整我们的教学计划以满足学生的学习需求。
- 评估：ACTFL 语言能力标准
- 结果：学生的口语能力比书面能力高一级。下图显示，学生的口语能力处于“ 中级-高级“水平， 而书面能力则处于”初级-中级“水平。
结营评估
- 形式：基于成绩的总结性评估
- 时间：夏令营结束时
- 目的：评估学生是否在夏令营结束时达到了学习目标；以及他们是否能够展示他们所学到的内容。
- 评估：结营评估有三种形式用于评估学生的学习成就：a）课堂测试；b）成语话剧表演；c）成语故事绘画。
A）课堂测试
测试标准：ACTFL语言能力标准，以及夏令营课程设计，包括会话、口头演示、阅读和写作。
结果：下图显示，与营前预测评估结果相比，学生的阅读能力（图中灰色部分）得到了极大的提高，并且达到了与口语能力相同的水平，尽管他们的写作能力（图中黄色部分）也有所提高，但提高程度没有阅读能力那么大。
B)表演成语故事剧
每个班级选择一个最喜欢的成语故事，编写、排练这个故事剧，并在结营庆祝会上表演。左边的照片是《狐假虎威》。右边的是《曹冲称象》。
C)成语故事绘画
每个学生通过绘图和文字创作自己的成语故事书，以展示他们对所学成语故事的理解。左边是成语“叶公好龙”的绘图，右边是成语“曹冲称象”的绘图。
