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Differentiated forms of feedback for 
writing and speaking skills in an 
output-oriented approach 
Ronald Ohlsen 
Jeroen van Engen
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Group / programme 
› 3rd year students of Dutch from CUC 
› 2 Semesters: 560 Contact hours / 570 Self-study hours 
› Courses: 
 Language acquistion (including speech therapy) 
 Vocabulary acquistion 
 History and culture 
 Literature (early-modern / modern) and film 
› From CEFR A2/B1 – to CEFR B2/C1 (including State Exam 
Dutch) 
› Website motivated students to showcase the learning 
progress through digital products
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Blended learning approach 
+
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Website output
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Teacher feedback Text 4 
Peer feedback 
Partial feedback (in class) 
Text 1 
Text 2 
Text 3 
Text 4 
Text 1 
Text 2 
Text 3 
Peer review 
Editing 
(Teacher feedback)
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http://erknederlands.org
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Overal spoken production
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Overall written production
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Written products 
› Blogs, articles, interviews (1st Semester) 
› Reports & essays (1st / 2nd Semester) 
› Creative writing (2nd Semester) 
Spoken products 
› Presentations / Discussions / Role-plays 
› Interviews (1st / 2nd Semester) 
› Recitals (2nd Semester) 
› Video’s (2nd Semester)
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Assessment criteria 
› Vocabulary control 
› Vocabulary range 
› Grammatical accuracy 
› Orthographic control 
› Coherence 
› Sociolinguistic appropriateness 
› Phonological control 
› Spoken fluency
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Feedback: in class 
Peer feedback 
› Texts were handed in for the first time by e-mail. 
› Teacher unraveled the texts to a selection of sentences 
which contained mistakes to be discussed in the group 
› Then paragraphs were discussed in pairs 
Teachers feedback 
› Texts were rewritten and handed in for the second time 
and teacher gave feedback
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Feedback: website 
Peer feedback 
› Revised texts were published on the website 
› Students gave feedback through fivestar rating system 
Teacher feedback 
› Teacher gave feedback through fivestar rating system + 
previously published texts were used to demonstrate ‘old 
mistakes’
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Feedback 
editing 
writing 
revising 
publishing
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Feedback: in class 
Peer feedback 
› Example, own / pair performance, feedback with feedback 
form 
› Recording on-the-spot by voicerecorder / smartphone 
› SpeakApps in Blackboard: Recording of own / pair 
performance, feedback with feedback form 
Teachers feedback 
› Written / Spoken feedback with SpeakApps (Langblog)
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Feedback: website 
Peer feedback 
› Revised texts were published on the website 
› Students gave feedback through fivestar rating system 
Teacher feedback 
› Teacher gave feedback through fivestar rating system + 
previously published texts were used to demonstrate ‘old 
mistakes’
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Website 
› Webhosting by the university 
› CMS: Drupal (drupal.org) 
› Theme: Responsive Bartik 
› Relevant modules: Drupal core, Chaos tools, 
Charts, Date/time, Display suite, Wysiwyg 
(editor), Media (e.g. Youtube, Soundcloud, 
Flickr), Voting (Fivestar), Workbench and 
Dashboard
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Profile page 
My workbench
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My Edits 
Create content 
File list
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Feedback
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Speaking 
› 1st Semester 
Interviews with fellow language students in 
Youtube 
› 2nd Semester 
Interviews with representatives of a political 
party in Groningen in Youtube 
Audio recording of their favourite poem in 
Soundcloud
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Youtube
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Soundcloud
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Future 
› Drupal 7/8 (mobile responsive) 
› Feedback: Fivestar module / Comment module 
› Editing modules (+ wiki content type) 
› Workflow management system 
› Embedded media (user owns his / her 
content): Soundcloud, Youtube, Vimeo, 
AudioRecorderField 
› Quiz-module 
› Drupal for Education
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Thank you! 
› j.van.engen@rug.nl 
› r.w.h.ohlsen@rug.nl

Eurocall Course Design Presentation - SpeakApps

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    talencentrum Differentiated formsof feedback for writing and speaking skills in an output-oriented approach Ronald Ohlsen Jeroen van Engen
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    talencentrum Group /programme › 3rd year students of Dutch from CUC › 2 Semesters: 560 Contact hours / 570 Self-study hours › Courses:  Language acquistion (including speech therapy)  Vocabulary acquistion  History and culture  Literature (early-modern / modern) and film › From CEFR A2/B1 – to CEFR B2/C1 (including State Exam Dutch) › Website motivated students to showcase the learning progress through digital products
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    talencentrum Teacher feedbackText 4 Peer feedback Partial feedback (in class) Text 1 Text 2 Text 3 Text 4 Text 1 Text 2 Text 3 Peer review Editing (Teacher feedback)
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    talencentrum Written products › Blogs, articles, interviews (1st Semester) › Reports & essays (1st / 2nd Semester) › Creative writing (2nd Semester) Spoken products › Presentations / Discussions / Role-plays › Interviews (1st / 2nd Semester) › Recitals (2nd Semester) › Video’s (2nd Semester)
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    talencentrum Assessment criteria › Vocabulary control › Vocabulary range › Grammatical accuracy › Orthographic control › Coherence › Sociolinguistic appropriateness › Phonological control › Spoken fluency
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    talencentrum Feedback: inclass Peer feedback › Texts were handed in for the first time by e-mail. › Teacher unraveled the texts to a selection of sentences which contained mistakes to be discussed in the group › Then paragraphs were discussed in pairs Teachers feedback › Texts were rewritten and handed in for the second time and teacher gave feedback
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    talencentrum Feedback: website Peer feedback › Revised texts were published on the website › Students gave feedback through fivestar rating system Teacher feedback › Teacher gave feedback through fivestar rating system + previously published texts were used to demonstrate ‘old mistakes’
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    talencentrum Feedback editing writing revising publishing
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    talencentrum Feedback: inclass Peer feedback › Example, own / pair performance, feedback with feedback form › Recording on-the-spot by voicerecorder / smartphone › SpeakApps in Blackboard: Recording of own / pair performance, feedback with feedback form Teachers feedback › Written / Spoken feedback with SpeakApps (Langblog)
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    talencentrum Feedback: website Peer feedback › Revised texts were published on the website › Students gave feedback through fivestar rating system Teacher feedback › Teacher gave feedback through fivestar rating system + previously published texts were used to demonstrate ‘old mistakes’
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    talencentrum Website ›Webhosting by the university › CMS: Drupal (drupal.org) › Theme: Responsive Bartik › Relevant modules: Drupal core, Chaos tools, Charts, Date/time, Display suite, Wysiwyg (editor), Media (e.g. Youtube, Soundcloud, Flickr), Voting (Fivestar), Workbench and Dashboard
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    talencentrum My Edits Create content File list
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    talencentrum Speaking ›1st Semester Interviews with fellow language students in Youtube › 2nd Semester Interviews with representatives of a political party in Groningen in Youtube Audio recording of their favourite poem in Soundcloud
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    talencentrum Future ›Drupal 7/8 (mobile responsive) › Feedback: Fivestar module / Comment module › Editing modules (+ wiki content type) › Workflow management system › Embedded media (user owns his / her content): Soundcloud, Youtube, Vimeo, AudioRecorderField › Quiz-module › Drupal for Education
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