Sample Assignments
- WL 1 Course
- Students will choose a partner and have a conversation based on one of the dialogues from our textbook.
- WL 3 Course
- Each week prior to class, instructor will post a short news/opinion article in the target language to the class discussion board. Each student must write a brief response to the article in the target language. Students are also required to write a brief response to another student's response, also in the target language.
Sample Rubric
WL2 Language Course Sample Rubric
| Criteria | Excellent | Proficient | Developing | Unsatisfactory |
| Vocabulary | Uses wide range of vocabulary, including idiomatic use, without errors. | Uses a range of vocabulary, including idiomatic use; almost no errors | Uses limited vocabulary, misuses vocabulary sparingly | Inadequate use of vocabulary, misuses vocabulary consistently |
| Comprehension | Student understands entire conversation without asking for repetition from speaker. | Student has good overall understanding of conversation, though still needs to ask speaker to repeat themselves occasionally. | Student understands most of conversation but often asks speaker to repeat themselves. | Student consistently fails to understand/follow the conversation. |
| Cultural Appropriateness | Almost always uses appropriate cultural mannerisms in speech and writing. | Frequently uses cultural mannerisms with few mistakes | Sometimes uses cultural mannerisms with occasional mistakes. | Rarely uses/incorrectly uses cultural mannerisms when speaking/writing |