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Measuring Proficiency with the CEFR: Part 2 · Peyton Bowman
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Measuring Proficiency with the CEFR: Part 2. Tue, Jul 21, 2015. This is Part 2 in a 2-part series about the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Read Part 1. First if you are new to the CEFR. In the last post, we talked in a general way about the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), how it can be used to measure language knowledge and ability, and how it creates a universal basis for discussing language proficiency. 1 Take Stock of Past Languages. It’s true the longer you...
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ADDIE for Autodidacts · Peyton Bowman
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Sun, Aug 2, 2015. Though instructional systems design models come in many forms, the so-called ADDIE. Model holds a central place among them, often serving as the basis for other frameworks. This approach breaks the instructional design process into five steps: 1) Analysis; 2) Design; 3) Development; 4) Implementation; and 5) Evaluation. The first letters of each of these stages make up the acronym from which ADDIE gets its name. Where are you weak? What constraints do you face? Enter some milestones as ...
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Measuring Proficiency with the CEFR: Part 1 · Peyton Bowman
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Measuring Proficiency with the CEFR: Part 1. Mon, Jul 20, 2015. This is Part 1 in a 2-part series about the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Skip to Part 2. If you’re already familiar with the basics of the CEFR. Success in using a foreign language indicates the presence of knowledge. When we see someone using a foreign tongue or we observe ourselves doing so we infer that it is not the outcome of random guessing. Such representations of the self may be better than describing yoursel...
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Starting With Immersion · Peyton Bowman
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Sun, Jul 26, 2015. After leaving school, learners can sometimes face a challenge when they look for structured materials for study and practice. Professors and teachers have learners follow set curricula. And if the subject doesn’t have a textbook, these instructors carefully arrange reading assignments and exercises to aid the learning process. To make matters worse, any effort to choose the most appropriate learning materials inevitably runs up against a major limitation. Increasingly, people sign up f...
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Three Points Against the Forgetting Curve · Peyton Bowman
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Three Points Against the Forgetting Curve. Thu, Jul 23, 2015. Spaced-repetition flashcard systems address a fairly plausible idea: that we forget things over time, and that by reminding us of these things at a regular schedule, we’re more likely to remember them over the long term. They also take seriously the idea of overlearning that drilling something too much actually makes it harder to remember in the future. Both of these concepts were articulated by psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. And yet, it is ...
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