Year 11 Survey - Portfolios

Survey for the end of term 4
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  1. A single conversation and writing with resources assessment were replaced with a portfolios of 5 entries each this year.
    How did this impact on your skills in speaking and writing?

            1 2 3 4      
      1:Developing ideas in writing and speaking very negatively very positively  
      2:Use of structures at Level 6 of the curriculum very negatively very positively  
      3:Accuracy in communication very negatively very positively  
      4:Confidence to speak and write extended text very negatively very positively  
      5:Time management and organisational skills very negatively very positively  
      6:Range of topics you can communicate on very negatively very positively  
      7:Ability to edit and improve own writing very negatively very positively  
      8:Ability to give feedback to other students on their writing and speaking very negatively very positively  
      9:ICT  very negatively very positively  
      10:Enjoyment of subject very negatively very positively  


  1. Comment further on the ratings you gave above. Please number comments - e.g. 9: MyPortfolio really helped to keep track of my learning - I tend to lose bits of paper!


  1. After a year of using MyPortfolio, Google Docs and paper to keep your writing portfolio, what do you prefer? Why? Would you change the format of writing portfolios.


  1. The conversations had a variety of different formats. Rate how you found each of them:

            1 2 3 4      
      1:roleplay really hated it liked it a lot  
      2:conversation in groups of 3 really hated it liked it a lot  
      3:questions at the end of a speech really hated it liked it a lot  
      4:conversation in pairs really hated it liked it a lot  
      5:phone conversation really hated it liked it a lot  
      6:conversation with teacher really hated it liked it a lot  


  1. Comment further on the ratings you gave above. Please number comments - e.g. 3: really didn't do well in this one - too much pressure!


  1. Rank the topics you did in this course from best to worst. (1 is best 10 is worst!)
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   Don't remember this topic
    K1 Bei einer Gastfamilie    
    K2 Guten Appetit - Essen und Einkaufen    
    K3 Nimm ein Ei...    
    K4 Schule und Studium    
    K5 Wo ich wohne und zu Hause helfen    
    K6 Aussehen und Character    
    K7 Kleidung    
    K8 Wann und wo treffen wir uns?    
    K9 Was machen wir?    
    K10 Reisen und Ferien    


  1. This space is for you to comment specifically on any of this year's topics. Please start each comment with the number and a colon - e.g. K8: This was really good because it allows you to make arrangements with real people too.


  1. Comment on using TBL's to structure the course.


  1. Which activities did you really like doing in German?
    Learning new words and structures using flashcards
    Learning new words and structures using PowerPoint
    Puzzles
    Memory/ Matching/ Grab! games
    Barrier activities (you had half of the answers your partner had the other half)
    Food, cooking, tasting
    Bits of video we watched
    Songs in German
    Research on the internet
    Quiet work in the book
    Podcasts
    Listening to stories about what Germany is like
    Listening activities
    Reading activities
    Writing
    Group work
    Speaking, Dialogues etc.
    Pairwork
    I didn't like anything!


  1. Which activities didn't you like doing in German?
    Learning new words and structures using flashcards
    Learning new words and structures using PowerPoint
    Puzzles
    Memory/ Matching/ Grab! games
    Barrier activities (you had half of the answers your partner had the other half)
    Food, cooking, tasting
    Bits of video we watched
    Songs in German
    Research on the internet
    Quiet work in the book
    Podcasts
    Listening to stories about what Germany is like
    Listening activities
    Reading activities
    Writing
    Group work
    Speaking, Dialogues etc.
    Pairwork
    I liked everything!





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