Appreciation of Teaching Assessment on the Criterion of New English course 英语论文.doc

PAGE  PAGE 3 Appreciation of Teaching Assessment on the Criterion of New English course （英语新课标教学评价之解读） With the global economic integration it’s more obvious that foreign languages have great effect upon all the aspects of human life. Therefore it’s the essential demand for the civilian competence in the new century to learn and grasp a foreign language. It’s based on this case and requirements of our nation’s educational guideline that the state earnestly advocates and pushes the new criterion of English course in order to pay great attention to foster the innovative spirit and practical ability of the students. The reform of the curriculum standard aims at fostering their innovative spirit and practical ability, forming the effective study strategies and establishing the basis for their sustainable development, which is not merely the logical jumping-off of English teaching and quality standard but also its eternal end-result. There is no doubt that scientific and effective teaching assessment is the important means by which people can check whether the aim is well realized.  = 1 \* ROMAN I. The background and gist of teaching assessment The new criterion of English course not only represents the developing trend of foreign language teaching in modern times, but coagulates the latest achievements in the research on foreign language teaching in our country. It advocates the Learning-Centered Education, the token of which is Task-based Language Teaching. This kind of educational notion lays importance on learning and meeting the real demands of the students. Its supreme aim is to train the students as clear and effective communicators, self-guiding life-long learners, creative problem-solvers, responsible and participant citizens, cooperative and excellent workers and integrative thinkers full of information. David Nunan (1999) said, “Knowledge of grammatical structures was no guarantee of being able to use those rules for communication. Learner