using formative assessment in the classroom, it can be apparent that English teachers have positive attitudes towards formative assessment. They believe that the basics of formative assessment such as feedback, sharing learning goals, questioning and self-peer assessment should be applied in their classrooms. Moreover, among 4 basic principles of formative assessment, teachers favored questioning most. In addition to this, all teachers are aware of the value of formative assessment for both themselves
only because of English. In the present time, English is not any particular nation’s property. Because of decolonization and neo-colonization, hegemony of western world over English language is waning and it has become the language of each nation and many cultures. Though English was introduced in colonies like India basically for the study of literature and culture, market value for literary studies has gone down in the present world. Only effective communication skills in English- both spoken and
Introduction Traditionally, assessment is used to evaluate student’s progress and used to find out the students educational ability. In the past teachers used traditional assessment like: multiple choice, matching and true –false for testing their students, but as it is said that is not adequate for testing student’s performance because the main goal of traditional assessment is just to recall or recommend the information not to apply, in this case the process is just the transmission of
1. Task One: Chapter One Terminology a. Alternative assessment – alternative assessment refers to tests that measures performance in ways other than traditional paper and pencil exams b. LEP – Limited English Proficiency is used to describe is a term used to refer to students who cannot speak English very well c. ELL – English Language Learner refers to a person learning English in addition to his/her native language d. Performance assessment – A type of tests where, rather than selecting ready-made
will also be taken to enhance proficiency in English (BI) so as to enable students to compete and explore new knowledge at national and international levels. As cited in Thirusanku and Melor, (2013), both of them stated that, the enculturation and mastery of English from school will also help in efforts to foster national unity and develop a new economy in a globalized, dynamic and increasingly challenging world. It is difficult to deny that both languages have an important role to play in producing
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM Gandhi Babu Shanampoodi Asst. Professor Of English, Andhra Loyola Institute Of Engineering And Technology, Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT Assessment of performance is an integral part of any process of learning and teaching. This paper attempts to look at the role and importance of assessment and the advantages of evaluation. The major problem of teaching English language, for teachers, has been assessing and evaluating
According to Stiggins (2000), teachers can enhance or destroy students’ desire to be successful in school and permanently through their use of assessment than any other tools. The teachers most important challenge is to manage the relationship between assessment and student motivation. Attitude and motivation are so closely related that some scholars as Gardner and Lambert (1972) do not separate them from each other. Woldkowski (1985: 45-85) cites six factors which influence motivation. One of those
approach communicative classroom is the most effective method of teaching a foreign language. A communicative classroom is described as one in which comprehensible elements of language are practiced in a real world context. The focus of the classroom is to encourage interaction and communication between the students. In order to determine if the CA is being applied in university foreign language classrooms, interviews and observations were conducted to examine the application
English has been included as a compulsory course in different levels of education because of its affects in many sphere of life and society. English has become the international language of business. English is used as offshore English for the English spoken who do not share their native language and have learn English for practical rather than academic purposes. Mostly the English medium communication in business is from non-native speakers to non-native speakers, the English which they share is
in participating in classroom practices had positive past experiences and were exposed to healthy learning practices. On the other hand, those who tried to avoid participation in classroom practices usually recall negative memories of their past English classes. These negative memories were buried deep in their minds forming a solid barrier against their self-efficacy that needs lots of negotiations to overcome it. (2) The expectancy of value: in this form Eccles and Wigfield (2002) tried to