英语教学论Chapter7 Assessentin Language Teaching.ppt

Chapter 7 Assessment in Language Teaching Dr Hongying Zheng Aims of the unit What is assessment? How is it different from evaluation and testing? The purposes of assessment The methods of assessment The criteria for assessment The principles for assessment Tests in language assessment Understanding assessment Task 1 The following is a list of understanding given by different teachers a bout assessment. Tick the ones that are closest to your understanding. Then compare and discuss them with your partner. It’s to do with testing. Finding out how good you are at something. I use it to keep a check on my learners, by spelling tests, small quizzes and things like that. It is an on-going process which focuses on the whole life of our school. Finding out if we are being effective. I feel as though it’s a big stick hanging over our heads, teacher evaluation and all that. Finding out strengths and weaknesses of our students and ourselves. I use tests in my classroom. I also use quizzes—as a way of keeping a check on the students’ learning. I also mark their work, sometimes with a grade but usually a comment. It is to do with record-keeping, collecting information about how well the students are doing. I think it has something to do with evaluation. (Adapted from Conner, 1991:2) Differences among testing, assessment and evaluation Testing: Testing often takes the ‘pencil and paper’ form and it is usually done at the end of a learning period. The result is often expressed by a mark, a grade or a ratio. Students’ test scores are compared with each other and sometimes ranked for selection purposes. Assessment: Assessment involves the collecting of information or evidence of a learners’ learning progress and achievement over a period of time for the purposes of improving teaching and learning. It is not based on one test or one task, nor is it expressed by a mark or grade, but rather in a report form with scales or levels as well as description and comment from the teache