Arnold, Thank you for your reply! It is greatly appreciated! On Monday, February 27, 2012, Arnold Bleicher wrote: > Ricardo, > > There are a couple of questions/comments to your posting. > > First, are you measuring proficiency or performance? The IPA is an > assessment of performances in various modalities and draws a line between > the world of performance and proficiency. > > Next, on your notes you made the comment on how to use more interpersonal > and interpretive and less presentational. I wonder if you are talking about > your input or are you questioning the role of the student? For the role of > the student I find that including all 3 modalities in an organized, > balanced approach, leads to higher levels of performance. A lot of people > discount the presentational mode, and I do as well in terms of > demonstrating performance or proficiency, but it is an integral component > in helping students learn language. > > The text I referred to earlier in the response to Nanosh, is a good model > to use in employing the 3 modalities in teaching and learning L2. > > Arnold > > From: Ricardo Linnell <hurricanetumbao@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'hurricanetumbao@xxxxxxxxx');>> > Reply-To: OLA Listserve <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');>> > Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:27:03 -0800 > To: OLA Listserve <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');>> > Subject: [ola] Visitation Days pt. 2 > > Here is the other part. >