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Self-Taught Language A: Self-assessment

Self-assessment: Identifying the skills required to be successful

To start, examine the course aims and expectations. Consider this unique opportunity to design a course and study literature as a self-taught student. Reflect on the reasons behind your choice and on the current state of the skills you possess. 

The self-assessment questionnaire is based on the aims of the course and helps to identify your readiness to tackle its key aspects.  

You should complete this a number of times.  

  • Before starting the course, as it will enable you to draw up an action plan to develop your skills and understandings.  

  • Twice during the school year, as it will help you to reflect upon your progress.  

  • Towards the end of the course, as this will help you plan your approach to the assessment tasks.  

Every time you complete the questionnaire, your answers should be discussed with your tutor and SSST coordinator. 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

1. How familiar am I with the literary traditions (authors, literary forms, history) of the SSST language? 

2. How confident do I feel about reading literature in the SSST language?  

3. How well can I write essays in the SSST language?  

4. How articulately can I speak about literature (themes, attitudes, perspectives) in the SSST language?

5. How well can I give a presentation about literature in the SSST language? 

6. How well can I identify the strategies an author used to create meaning with literature in the SSST language?

7. How well can I establish connections between works I am reading and the key concepts in the subject?  

8. How well can I establish connections between works I am reading and other subjects I am studying?  

9. How aware am I of the importance of the time and place that the work was written in?  

10. How well can I understand the way in which the time and place I live in influences the way that I interpret or read a work?

11. How well can I identify global issues that arise in a work?  

12. How well can I compare and contrast works on the basis of a common global issue?  

13. To what extent can I study independently?

14. To what extent can I learn without direct instruction?