Part 3
Background to language learning
Unit 18
assessment types and task
In this
unit I learn about the difference between assessment
and assessment tasks, which
means that the first one judging learners' performance by collecting
information about it, and the second one, are methods we use for assessing
learners. Assessment can affect what we
teach, how we teach and our learner`s motivation for learning. It is very
important for test to have a good influence on teaching and learning.
Firstly, I
am going to explain about some assessment types: informal and formal
assessment. We assess learners for different reasons, using different methods
to do so. In addition, informal
assessment is when we observe learners to see how well they are doing
something and then give them comments on their performance. On the other hand, formal assessment is when we
assess learners through texts or exams and give their work a mark or a grade.
Secondly,
after we have finished teaching a part of a course, we may want to find out how
well learners have learnt it. A test for this purpose is called a progress
test. A progress test looks back over a recent block of the syllabus, like a unit from the coursebook, to see how well the
learners have learnt what it covered. In conclusion, we use the information
from the test to decide if we need to do more work on this area of the syllabus
or not.
Finally, at
the end of the term or course, we may give learners a test to see how well they
have learnt the contents of the whole course. This kind of assessment is called
an achievement test or a summative
test. The contents of the test are not based on a course or syllabus
that the learner has followed. The test measures the learner`s general skill or ability in the language
as a whole like IELTS.
Key words: assessment,
tasks, informal assessment, formal assessment, progress test, syllabus, coursebook, achievement test,
summative test, skill.
Bodeepongse,
Porntip,(2009, April 27), TKT Unit 17 Assessment, Retrieved from
Blended, B.
(2014, July 3), Unit 17. Assessment types and tasks, Retrieved from
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