Socratic Dialogue Assessment

1. King Saud UniversityPreparatory Year DeanshipEnglish Language Skills departmentSelf-learning program2011-2012Self-Learning Final ProjectWeek 10

2. Socratic Dialogue Assessment The feedback questions (to be answered by the observers): • What is the best point made during the dialogue? • What ideas do you agree with? • What ideas do you disagree with? • Did you like the dialogue? Why?

3. Creating in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy • Creating means making new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things. • Creating involves designing constructing, planning, producing, and inventing. The Self-Learning Project is a creative project.

4. The Final Project Outcomes By the end of the project, you will be able to: • Show your creativity by making a creative project. • Show that you understand the thinking levels in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy. • Use some Self-Learning tools to make your project. • Practisespeaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

5. The Final Project Requirements The Self-Learning final project must fulfill the following requirements: • Create a paper-based project or a media tool, for example a video, audio presentation, or website. • Use original writing with a certain word limit as follows: • -Entry level 1&2 students (not less than 120 wordsfor the individual work and 160 words for the pair work) • -Entry level 3& 4 students (not less than 160 words for the individual work and 200 words for the pair work) • -Entry level 5&6 students (not less than 200 words for the individual work and 250 words for the pair work) • Use original drawings and illustrations.

6. The Final Project Requirements The Self-Learning final project must fulfill the following requirements: • Write the sources of any information that you used (for example, the address of a web site). • If you choose to do a TV ,radio or drama shows, it must be shown in not less than 5 minutes. • Bring up a useful idea for your projectthat can be helpful for others. • Use appropriate computer applications. • Use critical thinking skills learned in Self-Learning lessons.

7. Here are some project ideas: -A brochure about a good idea (for example: the best food habits or the best place for travel) -A book of English proverbs (with the meaning and a situation for each proverb) -An illustrated story -A website (with a personal/educational profile) -A play or mini-drama -A TV /radio talk show with a Socratic dialogue (with the script)

8. The Final Project Guidelines • Decide on a project that meets the given requirements and suits your interests. • Ask your teacher if he/sheapproves your project idea. • Plan for your project. • Do it individually or in pairs. • Submit a soft copy to your teacher. • Submit a hard copy if the project is in a paper-based format.

9. Plagiarism and Late Submissions • Plagiarism is strictly prohibited = a Zero • The late submission policy includes the following procedures: • -24 hours after the deadline, 25% will be deducted from the overall mark of week 13. • -48 hours after the deadline, 50% will be deducted from the overall mark of week 13. • -If a project is submitted after 48 hours, 75% will be deducted from the overall mark of week 13.

10. The 4 Ps Stages

11. Planning stage Learning Project Objectives (LPO)

12. The Final Project Rubric