The Department of Foreign Languages
Student Outcomes Assessment



The Department teaches Arabic, French, Japanese, Latin, and Spanish and offers degrees in French and Spanish in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education and Human Resources.  Courses in French and Spanish are offered from the elementary through the graduate levels.  

By the date of their graduation, the Department strives to develop the abilities of students who major in French and Spanish so that they demonstrate the following abilities:

        Read, write, and comprehend the spoken language at
        the advanced level as defined by the American Council
        of Teachers of Foreign Languages.  The advanced stage
        means that students should be able to narrate in the pre-
        sent, past, and future and get into, through, and out of
        a survival situation with a complication.

        Communicate verbally at the intermediate high level as
        defined by ACTFL.  Intermediate high indicates that
        students should be able to perform at the advanced level
        sometimes but not consistently.

        Demonstrate knowledge of the cultures of the peoples
        who speak the languages that are being studied.

        Demonstrate the ability to read a piece of literature and
        analyze it by identifying the plot, theme, characters,
        structure, tone, and language of the work.



In order to assess the students’ success in reaching these goals, majors will be assessed on their four skills and their ability to analyze and their knowledge of culture and civilization at the end of 205.  In their final semester of study, they will again be assessed through a battery of tests and a written analysis.  The assessment has no impact on grades or on graduation but assists the Department to assure quality instruction and preparation of its students.
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