2. Because we want to see :
What they have achieved or how they are (Summative
assessment)
How well they are doing, in order to help them do
better (Formative assessment)
“sudden death”
A lot of young learner assessment is based on
Continuous assessment
3. Make a list of their strengths and tell what they can do
to improve and build on those strengths.
Make a Learner Profile for each student
Divide the class up into group
4. We can encourage older children to assess themselves…
At the end of sequence of lesson, we can ask them to say
yes or no statements. Example : I can give my opinion
about things with the expression ‘I think that…’ or ‘I can
use more than two adjectives to describe objects and
people’.
At the end of a sequence of lessons, students can do
tasks similar to the ones they have been doing
5. In listening test for young learners who don’t yet write
well : point to the objects which we name or describe
In speaking tests for older children : find the
differences between two similar pictures
In reading and writing tests for younger children who
have just to started read : put ticks and crosses (or yes
or no), unscramble letters
In reading and writing test for older children : fill in
tasks by choosing words which have accompanying
illustration
6.
7. Give the children confidence. We should not
expect them to always understand every word
and they should know this.
Explain why the children have to listen. Make
sure the learners are clear about why they are
listening, what the main point or purpose of
the activity is.
Help children develop specific strategies for
listening. An important strategy that the
teacher should teach is 'intelligent guesswork'.
Pupils are used to drawing on their
background knowledge to work out something
they are not sure of.
Set specific listening tasks. I try to think of
listening in three stages, pre-listening, while-
listening, post listening and have activities for
each stage.
Listening does not have to rely on the
availability of a cassette or pre-recorded
material. Most listening is teacher talk.
Keep sentences short and
grammatically simple
Use exaggerated
intonation to hold the
child's attention
Emphasize key words
Limiting the topics talked
about to what is familiar to
the child
Frequently repeating and
paraphrasing
9. Formative & Summative assessment
Diagnostic test and achievement test
Criterion referenced and norm referenced assessment
Validity
Reliability
Fairness
10. Assessing in relation to goals
Selecting an assessment focus
Assessment by observation
Creating opportunities for assessment during
classroom activities
Record keeping
11. Non – verbal response
Oral interview
Role – play
Written narratives
Presentations
Student – teacher conference
Self – assessment
Learning logs
Dialogue Journal
Peer and group assessment
Student portfolio
13. Negative
Stress is placed on children by demands of assessment
Individual children’s learning needs are downgraded in
the push o cover the syllabus or course book before the
next assessment
Classroom activity is restricted to the test preparation
Educational change is limited by the power of the
assessment machinery
14. Positive
Attention to neglected aspects of learning
The effectiveness of policy, methodology, instruction,
and materials can be seen