Category+3,+MELA-O+training

=**__Category 3: Assessment of Speaking and Listening (MELA-O)__** //(10-12 contact hours)// =

**Knowledge:**
a. Multiple dimensions of oral proficiency: comprehension, production, fluency, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. b. Concept of communicative competence and its role in assessment. c. The six levels of oral proficiency assessed by the MELA-O and their relation to the four levels of English language proficiency as described in the //Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes//.

**Skills/Observable Outcomes:**
• Teacher can place students in the six-level continuum of oral proficiency as assessed by the MELA-O. • Teacher is a Qualified MELA-O Administrator (QMA).

[|MELA-O Manual]