NDLI: Introducing alternative assessment into engineering language education at the Technical University of Madrid

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	McMahon, J.P. Escribano, P.D. Mansilla, P.U.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Applied Linguistics, The Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (McMahon, J.P.; Escribano, P.D.; Mansilla, P.U.)
Abstract	Engineering Institutions across Europe are currently involved in a major process of reform and restructuring as part of the Bologna Process, which stresses the role of competencies and outcomes in curriculum design. In the field of languages, the Council of Europe has developed the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR), which aims to provide a reference framework for describing different qualifications, identifying different language learning objectives and setting out the basis of different achievement standards. Using this framework of language competence levels, our research group, over a three year period, has developed and piloted the Academic and Professional English Language Portfolio (ACPEL) especially designed for Engineering students and professionals. This portfolio was accredited by Language division of the Council of Europe in 2008. This paper will report on an ongoing project dealing with self and peer assessment based on the ACPEL portfolio. The project's aim is threefold: first, to train university language professionals in the use of self and peer assessment through the implementation of the ACPEL portfolio; secondly, to gradually introduce these assessment processes into the engineering language curriculum and finally to monitor and evaluate these two processes at the seven engineering schools.
Starting Page	1647
Ending Page	1651
File Size	1191324
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424465682
e-ISBN	9781424465712
e-ISBN	9781424465705
DOI	10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492399
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-04-14
Publisher Place	Spain
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Natural languages Europe Assessment Self assessment Stress Second language Design engineering Councils Higher education Standards development Engineering students Portfolios Monitoring Qualifications
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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