MOCAP was developed by the Second Language Education Centre (SLEC) under a grant from the Maritime Provinces Education Foundation (MPEF). This French second language (FSL) evaluation package was researched and designed by Sally Rehorick and Joseph Dicks in collaboration with teachers, school board personnel and department of education consultations from the three maritime provinces.
MOCAP's assessment tools are designed to evaluate the oral communication performance of students in grades six and nine core and immersion French. The techniques are adaptable to other levels.
The assessment techniques in MOCAP focus on situations requiring authentic communication of messages, ideas, feelings and/or opinions. MOCAP corresponds to the recommendations of the Communicative/Experiential Syllabus and the General Language Syllabus of the National Core French Study.
MOCAP is a formative and diagnostic assessment tool aimed at assessing a student's strengths and weaknesses in the spoken FSL. The techniques are thematically based.
MOCAP uses a portfolio approach to assessment in that it is formative and collaborative in nature. The purpose of the portfolio is to provide a progressive and developmental view of an individual FSL student's oral communication abilities.
The guide describes the evaluation package, the levels at which it is intended to be used, the method of evaluation, the types of evaluation, and the directions for administering and scoring the techniques.
ÉVALUATION
This section contains descriptions of three levels of performance, an individual evaluation form for each technique, and a student self-assessment questionnaire.
APPENDICES
There are two appendices with MOCAP. The first is a list of language tasks and grammatical content for all the techniques. The second is a list of references.
The Second Language Education Centre offers two MOCAP workshops:
The MOCAP package can be purchased in three formats:
In addition to
the original MOCAP binder, a follow-up document entitled "MOCAP: A Teachers'
Collection" is also available. This collection follows the same methodology
as the original but includes assessment items related to additional themes (e.g.,
sports, family, music) and more grade levels.
![]() |
This page maintained by SLEC |
Homepage ![]() |