Assessment

What is assessment?

Assessment is the collection of evidence about

learners` performance in order to give them marks and
grades or use itas feedback either for teachers (i.e. to
know how successful the teaching is being) or learners
(i.e. to let them know how well they are doing and
what language or skills have to work on to improve in
future).
Types of assessment

 Formal assessment
 informal assessment
 combination of both
How do we evaluate assessment?
What is a rubric ?
Why are they useful?
 Speaking rubric
Pronunciation
10 Stress and intonation are
always clear.
9 Stress and intonation are
generally clear.
8 Stress and intonation are not
always clear.
7 Stress and intonation are very
frequently not clear.
6 Practically unable to
communicate
Accuracy Fluency
Grammar is extremely accurate. Speaks without hesitation
Some errors but grammar is quite Some hesitation
accurate
Frequent errors which make Quite hesitant
meaning not always clear
Very frequent errors and very Extremely hesitant
difficult to understand
Practically unable to communicate Practically unable to
communicate
Writing Rubric
Aspect Excellent Good Needs
Improvement

Grammar
Tips for the classroom
Students must know when they are going to be assessed.
Objective tests are not recommended for younger learners because
they can be too abstract for them. Younger learners can be assessed
through ordinary activities during the teaching and learning process
(informal assessment).
A variety of different activities are recommended for assessment.
Different items can be included in assessment: grammar, language
skills, functions, etc.
The assessment method depends on different circumstances such as
size of the class, age of the learners, what we want to assess, how
often the assessment takes place, etc.
Teachers may want to assess additional things such as homework
fulfilment, effort, participation, motivation, etc. Rubrics are also
useful for assessing such things.
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 ACTIVITY A: READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND
DECIDE WHETHER THEY ARE TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F)
 
1. We can use homework tasks for informal assessment
( T )
2. Objective tests have many different possible answers, and
this makes them difficult to mark ( F )
3. In the best formal tests learners should only have to do a
few different tasks ( F )
4. It´s important for learners to know when we are assessing
them informally ( T )
5. We can sometimes use games and quizzes for informal
assessment ( T )
6. The methods we use for formal assessment are always
different from those we use for informal assessment ( F )
Instructions for assessment tasks

1. Use notes to make complete sentences. Put the verbs into de correct
form ( D )
2. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph ( H )
3. Reply to the advertisement, explaining why you are the best person
for the job ( E )
4. Find the words in the text which match the following the following
definitions ( C )
5. Discuss the problem with your partner and try to find the solution
( A)
6. Choose the most appropriate response for each of the following
situations ( G )
7. Listen and underline the word that the speaker says more strongly (
F )