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Standardization and

Coordination

Quality and Fairness

Traditional vs Modern

Assessment

The use of language portfolios prepared by students, and a hands-

on approach to assessment are highly consistent

Emphasis on oral proficiency and on the ability to speak about a

range of topics accurately

Use of fair content and test methods in assessing language ability

and the fair use of the scores obtained from the test.

Traditional ways of assessing language acquisition are inadequate

in todays world (Pappamihiel & Walser, 2009).

Today language acquisition is seen as a complex, nonlinear and

communicative endeavor.

Traditional multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank (also called cloze)

activities and tests, which are easy to grade do not reflect the

complexity that is involved in learning a language.

Source

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Eaton,

S.E.(2010).GlobalTrendsinLanguageLearningintheT

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ResourcesDevelopmentWorkingGroup.(n.d.).Retrieve

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