Task rubric document analysis e-Portfolio

Task 3. Four case studies should be critically analysed.

For this third task, you are required to critically analyse 4 academic articles on the design and implementation of teaching
strategies, resources, and/or teaching materials for use in the FL classroom. At least one article should address a seminal aspect in
the field of FL teaching strategies, and at least one article should specifically focus on innovative teaching strategies, resources,
and/or teaching materials. By ‘innovative’ we mean a teaching strategy, resource, or teaching material that features new
methods or is advanced and original. All articles should be peer-reviewed.

Task submission deadline: The task should be uploaded to the online UdC Campus module by 31st March 2025 23:59hrs

An analysis of each article will consist of two pages in Times New Roman font 12 and double spacing and should include the
following 3 sections:

1) Title, source, and overall summary of the article

The task should be presented as an e-Portfolio (e.g., pdf. or canva https://www.canva.com/templates/s/portfolio/) and should
include a final section with your reflections (i.e., 500 words) on the process of completing the task. This section should appear
after your analysis of the 4 articles, with the heading ‘Final Reflections’, within which you should reflect on the process of selecting
the articles, reading and analysing the articles, and writing about them in a critical manner. In this section, you should reflect on
what you found the most challenging, the most useful, and what/how you will/can apply this knowledge in the future.

The evaluation criteria on the following page (page 2) includes a detailed breakdown of the aspects of your document analysis
e-Portfolio that will be assessed for this task.
 Evaluation Criteria Document Analysis e-Portfolio (MA Foreign Language Teaching)

Score Category Excellent (9/10) Satisfactory (7/8) Satisfactory with recommendations (5/6) Needs to improve (4 or below)
(5 points)

-1 points Presentation, Spelling, Information is presented in a logical order. Information is presented in a rather logical There is little logical order in the presentation There is little sense that the text is organized in
Grammar & Citations (PSG&C) Sentences have varied structure and are well order. of information. Some sentences have varied a logical way. It is difficult to understand the
constructed. structure and are well constructed. sentences and they are repetitive.
Most sentences have varied structure and are
The text effectively keeps the interest of the well constructed. The text generally keeps the There are some misspellings or grammatical No citations, inaccuracies or does not conform
audience. interest of the audience. errors. to APA citation guidelines.
There are no misspellings or grammatical There are a few misspellings or grammatical Some conformity to APA citation guidelines. Frequent or significant errors that interfere
errors. errors. with readability. There are several misspellings
or grammatical errors.
Sources cited using APA citation guidelines APA citation guidelines followed with some
thoroughly and consistently with attention. errors.

2 (20%) Adequacy of articles (AA) Articles are thoughtfully chosen, taking into Articles are adequately chosen but not always Some articles are suitably chosen to a certain Articles are poorly chosen, not taking into
account the characteristics and needs of the taking into account the characteristics and extent but do not take into account the account the characteristics and needs of the
educational context. needs of the educational context. characteristics and needs of the educational educational context.
context.
e-Portfolio includes an interesting selection of e-Portfolio includes an adequate selection of e-Portfolio does not include a selection of
articles from different viewpoints. articles from different viewpoints. e-Portfolio includes a selection of articles from articles from more than one viewpoint.
more than one viewpoint.
The selection of articles included is properly The selection of articles included is adequately The selection of articles is not justified or
justified and presents a clear thematic thread. justified and presents an adequate thematic The selection of articles is justified and presented with a thematic thread.
thread. presented with a thematic thread to some
The articles included are current and relevant. The selection of articles is not current and
extent.
Most articles included are current and relevant.
relevant. More than one article is not current and
relevant.

2 (20%) Critical analysis & Communicates own ideas clearly and states Communicates own ideas mostly clearly and Communicates own ideas but not always Does not communicate own ideas clearly, does
Reflection (CA&R) proper conclusions. states some conclusions. clearly, states few conclusions. not state proper conclusions.
Analyses the main concepts in a clear and Analyses the main concepts in a somewhat Analyses the main concepts but not in a clear Does not analyse the main concepts in a clear
substantiated way. clear and substantiated way. and substantiated way. and substantiated way.
Describes and explains experiences through Describes and explains through interesting Describes but not fully explained experiences; Describes experiences but few examples are
rich examples accompanied by thoughtful, examples accompanied by thoughtful insights examples are not accompanied by sufficient offered in support and little explanation is
comprehensive insights and, where as well as references to other research. explanation. offered.
appropriate, connections to other research.
For the most part the learner synthesises and Does not regularly synthesise and evaluate the The learner barely synthesises and evaluates
Synthesises and evaluates the material in order evaluates the material in order to construct an material in order to construct an argument. the material in order to construct an argument.
to construct an argument that addresses the argument that addresses the question and Does not regularly show evidence of Does not show evidence of independent
question and shows evidence of independent shows evidence of independent thought. independent thought. thought.
thought.

1 (10%) Task achievement (TA) Task fully completed and adequate. Task fully completed but not adequate. Task fully completed but not fully adequate. Task not submitted nor completed.
and or and and
There is evidence of engagement with the task. Little engagement with the task. No evidence of engagement with the task. No evidence of engagement with the task.

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Grade: PSG&C: AA: CA&R: TA: Total: