Teaching Tips & Tricks | Why Formative Assessments Are a Teacher's Biggest Super Power

In this podcast, your language guide Emily (teacher, PhD) will talk about the power of formative assessments. You’ll learn what formative assessments are, why they matter, and 3 easy ways you can incorporate more of them into your language class!
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Wondering what languages were used in today’s episode?
Serbian | Zdravo! Kako si? is ‘Hello! How are you?’’ and Važi. Ćao! is ‘Ok. Bye!’
Japanese | 前置きはさておき (maeoki-wa sate oki) means 'without further ado' (literally translates as ‘setting aside introductory remarks’)
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Want to explore more of the research underlying this episode?
Check out this case study article: Lantolf, J. P., & Poehner, M. E. (2011). Dynamic assessment in the classroom: Vygotskian praxis for second language development. Language Teaching Research, 15(1), 11–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168810383328
Check out this overview article: Carpenter, S. K. (2012). Testing enhances the transfer of learning. Current directions in psychological science, 21(5), 279-283.
Check out this foundational book: Poehner, M. E. (2008). Dynamic assessment: A Vygotskian approach to understanding and promoting L2 development (Vol. 9). Springer Science & Business Media.
Meet your guide Emily! Emily Sabo (PhD, University of Michigan) is a linguist at Mango Languages. A Pittsburgh native, her areas of specialization are the social and cognitive factors that impact bilingual language processing and production. Having studied 7 languages and lived in various countries abroad, she sees multilingualism -- and the cultural diversity that accompanies it -- as the coolest of superpowers. Complementary to her work at Mango, Emily is a Lecturer of Spanish at the University of Tennessee, a Producer of the “We Are What We Speak’ docuseries, and get this...a storytelling standup comedian!
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