英语教学法教程1415learner differences and learner training.ppt

English Language Teaching Methodology Unit 15 Learner Differences and Learner Training Outline Presentation: Assessing language achievement A brief revision of Unit 14 Unit 15 Assessment in Language Teaching Presentation: Task 6 (p.255) Suppose you have been teaching a Senior 1 class for a year. Now you are given the chance to assess the students’ overall language achievement in whatever methods you like. How would you do it? Write out your steps and reasons for doing so. A Revision of Unit 14 Assessment in Language Teaching What is assessment? How is it different from evaluation and testing? The purpose of assessment The methods of assessment The criteria for assessment The principles for assessment Tests in language assessment 14.1 Understanding assessment Test: usu done at the end of a learning period; result by a mark; ss’ test scores are compared with each other Assessment: involves the collecting of information or evidence of a learner’s learning progress and achievement over a period of time for the purposes of improving teaching and learning. Forms of assessment: tests, comment from T, T’s observation notes, ss’ self-assessment sheets, samples of ss’ work, etc. ss’ achievement is measured against his own starting point. Evaluation: ‘a whole range of issues in and beyond language education’; produces a global view of achievement based on many different types of information ?Evaluation is the most general of the three concepts, for decision-making purpose. Assessment focus on the learning progress and process-oriented, for the purposes of improving teaching and learning. Test is one instrument of assessment, focusing on the result of learning. 14.2 Assessment purposes 14.3 Methods for assessment Summative and formative assessment Teacher’s observations Continuous assessment Self-assessment and peer assessment Project work portfolios 14.4 Criteria for assessment Criterion-referenced assessment: based on a fixed standard or a set of criterion. Norm-referenc