Language & Culture
Mount Saint Mary's College

Language & Culture

Assessment

 

Mount St. Mary’s College has a culture of assessment. This means

  • Community members share a common commitment to improving student learning and a common language to guide this work.
  • Students know at the outset what their expected learning outcomes are for the course, the major or program.
  • Faculty and staff continually assess the nature and extent of student learning.
  • Lessons about student learning inform curricular, pedagogical, and administrative decisions.
  • The goal of assessment efforts at MSMC is to improve teaching and learning.
  • The overall results of student performance will be available to students, faculty, staff and other interested parties on College webpage.

Learning Goal

Learning Outcome

Communication Skills: Verbal/Oral and Written for Formal or Informal Situations

  • Use of relevant sources according to topic. Writes and organizes essay in MLA or Chicago Manual of Style
  • Understands and responds appropriately to questions or lectures
  • Presents content professionally

     

  • Understands reading materials

Cultural and literary appreciation and understanding.

  • Identifies and compares traditions, cultures, and dialects in common target language.
  • Describes and analyzes the evolution of literary movements and genres in the international panorama and some of their authors in the target language.