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Teaching English to Young Learners Lesson 9 Summary

Here is a summary of what you learned this lesson.

Purpose of Assessment

All teachers need to know how effective their teaching is and all learners are interested in how well they are doing. The purpose of implementing assessment strategies throughout your language program is to:

Inform next steps in your instruction

Inform students of where they are at in their individual learning

Provide support as students progress through the language development

Initial Assessment In order to develop an appropriate English program for your students, you

need to conduct an initial assessment of your individual students.

This assessment may include a brief oral interview, a reading assessment

tool and a writing assessment tool.

Collect and place the initial assessment in the students’ portfolio to gauge

students’ learning progress from the onset.

Forms of Assessment

Beyond traditional scores and paper and pencil tests, an effective teacher uses multiple assessment tools and activities to properly assess the learning of the students.

It is also important to selectively store assessed activities in students’ portfolios to visually see their learning overtime.

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Self-assessment

Self-assessment is an effective method in improving students’ learning in your EFL classroom.

This method of assessment encourages students to participate more openly and to direct their own learning efforts more effectively.

More importantly, self-assessment strategies help students become more involved and motivated in the learning process.

Key Terms

Assessment The process of gathering, from a variety of sources, information at accurately reflects how well a student is achieving the expectations of the language program.

Assessment for Learning

The ongoing process of gathering and interpreting evidence about student learning for the purpose of determining where students are in their learning and where they need to go.

Self-assessment Self-assessment means that children are asked to think about their own performance and achievement.