Department of Foreign Languages
Assessment Requirement

   The WSU Foreign Language Department requires a Senior Portfolio from all graduating majors in German, French, and Spanish, during the last semester of the senior year. If you are a language major in German, French, and/or Spanish, you will need to save on disk at least one sample, preferably more, of your best work from this course and from all other language courses you are taking toward the fulfillment of your Foreign Language major requirements.

    In creating your Senior Portfolio, you will be asked to take a short oral exam and also fill out the Senior Assessment Form. The entire process will take only a few hours over the course of the semester, assuming you have maintained a portfolio sampling your best coursework.

The following excerpt is from the WSU Catalog 2001-2002:

FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS

Assessment
During the senior year, all foreign language majors will complete the course ForLng 4990 in order to help the Foreign Language Department assess how well it has met its goals. Students are encouraged to keep copies of their best work from each course in the major. These examples will be used in ForLng 4990.

ForLng 4990. Senior Assessment  (0).
Required of all majors during their senior year. Students will assemble a portfolio with a reprentation of their work in the foreign language. Speaking skills will also be evaluated. Must be completed before graduation clearance.

Last Updated: March 27, 2002