What are two key purposes for assessing language?
achievement and proficiency
What is assessing for language aptitude?
Assessing whether or not an individual has the potential to learn [a] language well
Which body proposed the formation of a committee to develop a teaching certificate in Modern Foreign Language
The Cambridge University Senate
Why did aptitude and proficiency tests need to change in Britain in the mid-1960s?
Because of the rapid increase in the number of overseas applicants to UK universities from the mid-1960s
According to Alderson & Huhta (2005: 301), what is DIALANG?
“the first major testing system that is oriented towards diagnosing language skills and providing feedback to users rather than certifying their proficiency.”
According to Black & Wiliam, 2010, what is Formative assessment?
activities undertaken by teachers— and by their students in assessing themselves— that provide information to be used as feedback to modify learning
What is the purpose of Summative assessment?
Evaluation of learning outcomes, Placement, promotion decisions
What are Spontaneous formative assessments?
They are when question-and-answer sessions are conducted during a lesson
According to the U.S. federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, how K-12 students are assessed?
in the various language domains (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, and writing
Hurley and Blake (2000) provided guiding principles that teachers should consider when assessing ELLs. What are they?
• Assessment activities should help teachers make instructional decisions. • Assessment strategies should help teachers find out what students know and can do..
Tell some assessment modifications appropriate for newcomers and ELLs who are in the process of acquiring English
• Permit students to answer orally rather than in writing. • Allow a qualified bilingual professional to assist with the assessment.
What Burns, 2003, p. 22, referred about literacy?
Literacy is intimately bound up with their lives outside the classroom in numerous and complex cultural, social, and personal ways that affect their L1 and L2
