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The Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (SOPA) is an innovative language proficiency assessment designed to allow young students to demonstrate their highest level of performance in oral fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and listening comprehension. Designed for children who are learning a foreign language in a school setting, the SOPA includes hands-on activities and is conducted entirely in the foreign language. The focus of the interview is to determine what the students can do with the language.
CAL has developed online training courses that teach participants how to administer and rate students' oral language using the Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (SOPA). SOPA Online Training is now available for three courses: 1) a self-paced Introduction to SOPA course, 2) a Moderated Introduction to SOPA course, and 3) a moderated Rating the SOPA course.
Introduction to SOPA
A basic, self-paced introduction to the SOPA
This self-paced online course will orient teachers to CAL’s Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (SOPA). Introduction to SOPA simulates the live workshops on SOPA administration that CAL has been presenting to participants in school districts and at national conferences across the United States for over a decade.
This self-paced, 4-module training course will include:
- The purpose, background, and format of the SOPA
- The Immersion and FLES SOPA tasks
- Tips for effective SOPA interviewing and rating
- Practice administering and rating the SOPA with a pair of students
- Self-assessment
Price: $99.00 Enroll in this online course here.
The following advanced courses are instructor-mediated courses which are offered only when a minimum number of students are interested in purchasing the course. Please see the instructions below on how to contact CAL about upcoming courses.
Moderated Introduction to SOPA
Learn about the SOPA through interactive lessons led by an experienced SOPA trainer.
This is a 4-module training course with moderated discussions and assignments that offers the basic content of our 2-day live SOPA familiarization training that CAL has been presenting to participants in school districts and at national conferences across the United States for over a decade.
This 4-module training course includes:
- The purpose, background, and format of the SOPA
- The Immersion and FLES SOPA tasks
- Effective SOPA interviewing and rating tips
- Practice administration and rating of the SOPA with a pair of students
- Self-assessment
- Interactive, moderated discussions of key issues related to the SOPA
- Feedback from an experienced SOPA trainer on assignments and quizzes
- Access to the CAL Oral Proficiency Assessment Administrator’s Manual
- Access to model immersion and FLES SOPA scripts
Moderated Introduction to SOPA benefits:
- Designed for teachers, paraprofessionals, and language instructors working with language learners in Grades 2-8
- Allows instructors to learn about the SOPA through interactive lessons led by an experienced CAL SOPA trainer
- Simulates the live SOPA workshops CAL has been presenting across the U.S. for over a decade
SOPA-1320SOPA2 $249.00
The course is offered upon request. Please contact Lynn Thompson if you are interested in taking this course.
Rating the SOPA
Improve your SOPA rating skills using language-specific SOPA interviews at different proficiency levels.
This moderated online course provides teachers with language-specific rating practice and includes video clips of interviews in English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Rating the SOPA is designed for teachers who have completed the Introduction to SOPA course or have participated in live SOPA training workshops.
This 4-module training course includes
- Intensive practice rating of actual SOPA interviews at the different proficiency levels
- Interactive, moderated discussions of key issues related to rating the SOPA
- Feedback from an experienced SOPA trainer on assignments and quizzes
- Access to the CAL Oral Proficiency Assessment Administrator’s Manual
- Access to model immersion and FLES SOPA scripts
SOPA-1320SOPA3 $349.00
The course is offered upon request. Please contact Lynn Thompson if you are interested in taking this course.
Click here for more information about the SOPA and other early language learning assessments.
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