Language Assessment in the Classroom

Language Assessment in the Classroom course in Future Learn

    In this program there are a lot of important information about assessment. There are also different videos and practical parts. First of all, there were the difference between assessment and testing. In the metaphorical way we can imagine the assessment like a mirror, because it allows you to keep checking what you look like. The assessment is ongoing throughout the duration of a course. On the other side, the test is like a photograph, because it captures one moment.   

     To my mind, it is very hard to assess student’s speaking, because a teacher should be objective. We can’t observe students language all the time, so there were presented some useful ways how to assess our students. Firstly, it is real-life speaking. Secondly, formats, like interview, interactive tasks and group discussion tasks. Moreover, there are tasks, like describing, comparing something, telling a story and giving some personal information. Furthermore, there are settings, like face-to-face or recorded.  

   In addition, the teacher should give a feedback to students. It is very useful to make rating scales to help the teacher to describe a student’s performance in an assessment. It also describes the current level and the next level, in such a way, the teacher can predict their progress in learning.  

   So, thanks to this program, I find out the answers to my questions, how to assess students’ speaking in an appropriate way.  

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