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Assessing Performance: Enhanced FLO Diagnostics (EFD)

Utilize the Enhanced FLO Diagnostics (EFD) Automated Assessment Tool to link performance with proficiency through authentic materials, critical thinking, and cultural knowledge. Assess tasks such as summarization, speaker analysis, and transcription to enhance language skills in various topics.

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Assessing Performance: Enhanced FLO Diagnostics (EFD)

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  1. Assessing Performance: Enhanced FLO Diagnostics (EFD)

  2. Automated Assessment Tool Automated Assessment Tool: EFD (Pilot languages: AD, KP, & RU)

  3. Linking Performance with Proficiency Text analysis reveals a symbiotic relationship between the two products: • Authentic materials • Problem solving • Critical thinking • Developing strategies • Processing extended discourse • Cultural knowledge • Contextualization • Exposure to pragmatics

  4. Sample Topics from the Field • Counterterrorism • Insurgency • Weapons • Air defense • Border violations • Military training • Technical terminology • Diplomatic mission • Computer discussions • Mixture of English and target language • Setting up infrastructure • Any conversation with a suspicious twist to it…

  5. Top-Down Activities LISTENING Task 1: Title: Able to immediately summarize the cut in no more than seven words (all levels)  Task 2: Speaker Analysis: Able to distinguish between the speakers, by identifying their gender, number, accent and attitude Task 3: Content Qs: Understands the cut globally Task 4: Transcription: Able to transcribe the meaning accurately by reconstruct lexical and grammatical structure of the sentence Task 5: Translation: Able to transfer the meaning accurately from the target language into English

  6. Bottom-up Activities Task 6: Transcription 1, partial: Able to transcribe the meaning accurately by using correct lexicon (vocabulary category 1) Task 7: Transcription 1, partial: Able to transcribe the meaning accurately by using correct lexicon (vocabulary category 2) Task 8: Transcription 2, partial: Able to transcribe the meaning accurately by using correct grammatical structure (grammar category 1) Task 9: Transcription 2, partial: Able to transcribe the meaning accurately by using correct grammatical structure (grammar category 2) Task 10: Edit/Correct gist: Able to identify important details and edit misinformation

  7. Bottom-up Activities: con’t READING • Task 11 Rewriting distorted text 4% • Task 12 Content questions (different genre text) 10%

  8. Grading Protocol (draft) Passing: 90% LISTENING • Task 1 Title 4% • Task 2 Speaker Analysis 4% • Task 3 Content Qs 15% • Task 4 Transcription 23% • Task 5 Translation 22% • Task 6 Partial Transcription (vocabulary category 1) 3% • Task 7 Partial Transcription (vocabulary category 2) 3% • Task 8 Partial Transcription (grammar category 1) 3% • Task 9 Partial Transcription (grammar category 2) 3% • Task 10 Edit/Correct Gist 20%

  9. Grading Protocol (draft): cont’d READING • Task 11 Rewriting distorted text 4% • Task 12 Content questions (different genre text) 10%

  10. Feedback and Recommendations The linguists/students will be given: • Performance analysis and clear recommendations how to improve their FLO skills • Recommendations how to proceed to the next higher level of proficiency

  11. Comments/Questions

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