Implementing the DELE

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1 7th ISA Principals Seminar Implementing the DELE exams in an ISA school Calgary, May 17 th 2011 Aula Cervantes Calgary Instituto Cervantes

2 Instituto Cervantes in the USA and Canada Spanish language and cultural centres Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3 centres 3 offices Over 50 employees Resources and support Hispanists Teachers Students Local institutions

3 Introduction I don t feel that I can speak Spanish What course should I take at the University after High School? I wonder how much Spanish my son knows? A question that worries every single language learner is the proficiency level they have reached after a certain period of language learning. Answering this question is not easy because of the difficulty to measure objectively the communicative ability of each L2 speaker.

4 Description of the DELE OFFICIAL DIPLOMAS INDEFINITE VALIDITY ACCREDITS LEVEL OF COMPETENCE AND MASTERY

5 What is a language test? Testing is a universal feature of social life:

6 What is a language test? Gateway at important transitional moments: Education Employment Travelling Device for institutional control of individuals

7 Type of language tests METHOD PURPOSE

8 Type of language tests Method Assessment of separate components of language knowledge Receptive or productive understanding Response format: open, fixed or multiple Rating procedure

9 Type of language tests Purpose Achievement tests Proficiency tests PAST FUTURE

10 PAST Achievement tests Process of instruction End of course tests Procedures for recording progress Reflect progressive aspects of the curriculum Measure what language the students have learned as a result of teaching They are useful for evaluating how much the syllabus has been learned but not for predicting learners future performance.

11 FUTURE Proficiency tests Without necessarily any reference to the previous process of teaching Future real life language use Including performance features and communicative abilities Recognition and certification based on levels of competence Important social function Lifelong Authenticity and validity International credentials

12 International proficiency exams: Context Breaking down of international barriers Globalization Increasing opportunities to move from one region to another, from one country to another Need for transferability of qualifications Language qualifications

13 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Textbooks and materials Programs Development Education Consultants transparency Publishers Learn with autonomy Students Teaching tool Teachers coherence Curricula Education Certification Ministries systems Assessment bodies Exams Examinors C O MMON B A SE

14 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Basic User A1 A2 Discovery stage; simple interaction about self and immediate environment Communicates in simple and routine tasks; uses most common polite phrases and information exchanges Independent User Proficient User B1 B2 C1 C2 Can maintain interaction ; discussion and opinions; can deal with spontaneous situations that arise Construct arguments and defend a position; explain viewpoint and negotiate; self correcting; fluency & spontaneity Independent, fluent, spontaneous; extensive vocabulary; clear, well structured discourse without hesitation Precise; fluent, sophisticated use in advance level and academic situations

15 ACTFL CEFR Levels Comparison ACTFL LEVELS Novice Low Novice Mid Novice High Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate High Advanced Low Advanced Mid Advanced High Superior CEFR and DELE Levels A1 A1/A2 A2 B1 B1/B2 B2 C1 C1/C2 C2

16 How did the CEFR affect Instituto Cervantes and the DELE exam? levels of CFER The Instituto Cervante s Curriculum adopted the CEFR recommendations DELE Inicial DELE Intermedio DELE Superior levels levels DELE DELE

17 Association of Language Testers of Europe ( To establish common levels of proficiency in order to promote the transnational recognition of certification in Europe and in the World To establish common standards for all stages of the languagetesting process High quality processes and standars: Selection of materials Test item writing Trialling Marking Training Results Security

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19 SICELE Latin American Dimension of the DELE 16 Spanish Speaking Countries More than 130 universities

20 What does this global project means for the ISAs? Considering we have no common tool in North America to measure language proficiency, this internationally recognized proficiency exams provide: opportunity service

21 Opportunity and service Enhance academic and professional career valid internationally Study at a university in another language lifelong language diploma Measure and certify students skills on a global scale Work in other countries

22 Exam dates MAY NOVEMBER

23 The Diplomas Issued by Instituto Cervantes, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Royal Spanish Print An exclusively designed, inimitable diploma, unlike any other

24 Become a DELE Examination Center Simple procedure Training session Benefits Certification Service Prestige Quality Promotion Sustainable Successful examples

25 Spanish Language Programs alignments Grades K Bilingual Program 9 Year Program 3 Year Program A1 A2 B1 B2

26 Curricula Correlation Process Grades K 12 General Outcomes Specific Outcomes A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2-12 language inventories -Language samples Validation Provincial assessment tasks Alberta students production DELE exams

27 Spanish Bilingual Program DELE implementation Grades K DELE Testing A1 A1 DELE DELE based based Performance Assesment Tasks Tasks A2 A2 DELE DELE Pilot Pilot A2 A2 DELE DELE Exams Exams B1 B1 DELE DELE Pilot Pilot B1 B1 DELE DELE Exams Exams DELE DELE Candidates in in Alberta: Alberta: 2008: 2008: : 2009: : 2010:

28 A1 DELE Performance Assesment Tasks

29 Graphic 1 A1 Level acquired 59% 71%

30 Graphic 2 73% 81% A1 Level acquired

31 A2 DELE Exam Pilot 20 ISA students from Grade 7 & 8 November % success Very valuable input for the Cervantes Institute Written Comments by the Students about the Experience I learned a lot through the exam It was really interesting and it was a good opportunity to see the level of my Spanish I had never written an exam with written, oral and listening sections; only exams in which questions were to be answer in written. The questions were accordingly to the level, I must say that I did find them easy. Overall I enjoyed the exam and the pictures used. The exam was good and more interesting than others that I have done Thank you very much for the opportunity! I would like to do more of the things on the exam in class

32 A2 DELE Oral Interviews

33 Grade 9 Proficiency Level Survey

34 Muchas gracias! Instituto Cervantes