--- Forwarded Message from "Sarah Withee" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: RE: ##8962.16 (!) Online Placement >Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:16:58 -0600 >In-Reply-To: A<[log in to unmask]> >Thread-Topic: ##8962.16 (!) Online Placement >Thread-Index: AckqRxSElsmk5zMqR0+Y3vihbNaa5QABC74A >References: A<[log in to unmask]> >From: "Sarah Withee" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> At Colorado College, we use the WebCape exam for placement in French, German, and Spanish. For Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, and Arabic, the language departments administer their own placement tests. Students cannot take the tests from off campus. They have to be on campus. Credit is not awarded for classes students place out of. However, students are allowed to fulfill the language requirement by getting a placement score that puts them in an intermediate language class. Sarah Sarah Withee Academic Technology Specialist for the Humanities Colorado College [log in to unmask] (719) 389-6381 -----Original Message----- From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LLTI-Editor Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 1:41 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ##8962.16 (!) Online Placement At Mount Holyoke College, we are using WebCAPE with some of the larger language departments, a basic online form submission for Latin, and individual appointments with faculty for some of the less-commonly-taught languages. The Internet-based exams are done by students online prior to their arrival on campus--it's assumed that the honor code covers any issues with cheating, and questions about whether or not a placement is correct are handled by faculty meeting with the student once they've arrived. However, some of our departments are also beginning to consider changing the current procedures. For anyone shopping around for tests, I would highly recommend you look at the Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessments (MLPA) developed by CARLA (the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) at the University of Minnesota: http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/MLPA.html For anyone thinking of developing their own new assessment, CARLA's Virtual Assessment Center and Resources provide a lot of very useful guidelines and information. Regards, -- Daryl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daryl L. Beres Director of the Language Resource Center Ciruti Center, Room 6 Mount Holyoke College 50 College Street South Hadley, MA 01075 413-538-2408 [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************