scholarly journals TEACHING ASSESSMENT TO DEVELOP ESP STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS

2018 ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Branislava Ličen ◽  
Vesna Bogdanović
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Know How ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Teaching Assessment ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Speaking Skills

The demand for changing the conceptions of teaching and learning has brought peer- and self-assessment into the classroom. This paper presents the challenges teachers have to face while preparing the assessment process for the ESP classroom, with a special emphasis on developing ESP students’ speaking skills. It is of primary importance that teachers know how to prepare the assessment criteria, how to instruct students on this topic and provide them with adequate feedback while avoiding possible barriers and misunderstandings along the process. The paper further demonstrates how students become active participants in the learning process and are asked to contribute in providing assessment criteria and feedback. While learning speaking skills, students also learn how to assess themselves and others. That enables them to raise awareness of the most common problems and mistakes they encounter when developing their communication skills and increases the overall level of their language ability and performance. As a result, teachers might dedicate more time to other useful classroom activities.

scholarly journals Assessment Process in Teaching and Learning English in the Midst of Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Diah Werdiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Summative Assessment ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
High School English ◽  
Final Project

The spread of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) made changes in education sector. The teaching and learning process change from blended learning into fully online learning. All the instructions are conducted fully online even the assessment, the important role in teaching and learning process, both the formative and summative assessment. The design of this study was Basic Interpretative Study. This study aimed to investigate the methods used by teachers in conducting the assessment as well as the challenges in doing assessment in fully online learning situation. High School English teachers were chosen to be the subject of this study. The results showed that teachers used E-portfolios, Self-assessment, and teachers’ feedback as the formative assessment and final test and final project as the summative assessment. However, teachers also found some difficulties in doing assessment in today’s online learning. Thus teacher were expected to enrich their assessment and digital literacy by joining seminar(s) or training(s).

Tiptoeing through the TULIPS: Aiming for Autonomy through Assessment in EFL Higher Education

10.47908/9/10 ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 179-207
Author(s):  
Carol Everhard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
European Language ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Evaluation Of Learning

Involving students in the assessment process can pose a challenge both to the learners and their instructors as it goes against the grain of the testing, assessment and evaluation (TEA) processes with which they are familiar. While the European Language Portfolio (ELP) encourages reflection on what has been learnt and self-evaluation of learning progress and achievements, using criteria checklists, it stops short of awarding real grades to peers and selves. Indeed, information about peer-assessment and self-assessment of the productive skills is scant, particularly with regard to EFL higher education (HE). Such moves towards assessment bring both the instructor and the learners to unfamiliar terrain, which must be carefully engineered and negotiated, like tiptoeing through a field of tulips, which requires Trust, Understanding and Learning through, and Investment in, Peer-assessment and Self-assessment processes. In this way, learners become less reliant on others to evaluate their progress, more self-directed and, ultimately, assume a greater degree of autonomy. Evidence from the Assessment for Autonomy Research Project (AARP), involving students in peer- and self-assessment of writing and speaking skills, using pre-determined assessment criteria checklists, seems to suggest that recalibration of assessment power can help promote autonomy amongst EFL students at HE level.

scholarly journals Nomino-Adjectival Collocation in Written Production of L2 French

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Vitalija Kazlauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Know How ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Lexical Competence ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Language Context ◽  
The Relationship

 The acquisition of lexical competence is complex, since it is not enough for learners to distinguish the form and the meaning of a lexical element in order to know how to correctly integrate it into the language context. Learners prefer some lexical combinations to others. Generally speaking, these combinations are determined by usage and by frequency of use in the target language. The question of frequency leads to characterizing the particular cases of co-occurrences as collocations (Anctil, Tremblay 2016). According to Tutin and Grossmann, “one often characterizes collocations by the fact that the meaning is transparent in reception (it is “guessed”), whereas, for a non-native speaker, it is difficult to produce the appropriate lexemes” (Tutin, Grossmann 2002). We will try to verify this statement and define the regularities of lexical combinations in L2 French interlanguage of Lithuanian learners. The aims of this presentation is to take stock of the frequencies and particularities of nomino-adjectival collocations in the written productions of non-native French learners, without claiming to be exhaustive. Thanks to the corpus at our disposal, we have extracted certain characteristics of nomino-adjectival collocations specific to interlanguage. Nomino-adjectival collocations are characterized by the structure (Adj) + N + (Adj) in the corpus. Collocations of the N + Adj type are more frequent than that of the Adj + N type. The corpus also reveals that the combination of words is not always characteristic of the general language. The process of interference and hybridization can be seen as an essential contamination of collocations, both lexically and syntactically. However, partially set phrases, in other words collocations, are an important way of expressing themselves for learner with B1 level. The results of this study demonstrate that the analysis of collocational constructions can reveal the relationship between competence and performance of speakers. This type of data could also form the basis of various scientific approaches relating to teaching and learning of foreign languages.

scholarly journals Active learning as enabler of sustainability learning outcomes: Capturing the perceptions of learners during a materials education workshop

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Kioupi ◽  
Tatiana V. Vakhitova ◽  
Katherine A. Whalen
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Sustainability Learning ◽  
Education Workshop ◽  
Critical Materials ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

AbstractActive learning is a promising teaching approach that can develop sustainability competences in learners. In this paper, we investigate the potential of active-learning pedagogies such as serious games and active-learning toolkits to deliver sustainability knowledge and skills in materials education. We organised a workshop for 20 participants from UK Universities where they played the serious game In the Loop around critical materials and circular economy and engaged in the Active-Learning ToolKit Sustainable Development (Granta Design/now Ansys UK Ltd.) to assess the sustainability of a proposed policy intervention around the use of electric cars. We used a self-assessment questionnaire and reflection sessions to deduce the level of sustainability skill developed by the participants as well as importance and performance analysis (IPA) to help the educators understand crucial components they should concentrate their teaching and learning efforts on in the future. Finally, we provide recommendations for educators on how to implement active learning in materials education in order to empower students with skills for sustainability. Graphical abstract

scholarly journals Teacher’s perception on the implementation of the assessment process in 2013 curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wayan Maba
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Attitude Assessment ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
Written Test

This study aims to describe the teachers’ perception on the implementation of the assessment process in 2013 curriculum. This research is a qualitative descriptive research. The subjects of the research are the Elementary school principals and elementary school teachers in Denpasar. Research data were collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation which were analyzed descriptively by using the interactive technique. The interactive analysis was done by collecting data, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of data analysis showed that the teachers prepared the lesson plans prior to implementing the teaching and learning processes in the classroom. The lesson plans consist of the rubric of attitude assessment, knowledge assessment, and social assessment. The attitude competence assessment consists of spiritual and social attitudes. The assessment of the attitude competence is done by doing observation, self-assessment, peer assessment, and teacher's journal. The assessment of knowledge competence was done by administrating written test, oral test, and also written an assignment. The students’ competencies were assessed by conducting performance assessment. The results of the assessment were written descriptively on the students’ learning report by describing the student's ability to detail. Most teachers stated that the assessment in 2013 curriculum is quite good because it provides an attitude assessment, including the aspect of the spiritual and social, knowledge aspects, and skills aspects. There were some obstacles found by teachers in conducting the assessment, such as, limited time that teachers have in observing students' social attitudes and writing the results of the assessment that require a lot of time to describe the students' abilities.

Self-Regulated Learning and Achievement by Middle-School Children

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 979-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Sink ◽  
Jerrold E. Barnett ◽  
Jon E. Hixon
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Control Dimension ◽  
Affective Variables ◽  
And Performance

The relationship of self-regulated learning to the achievement test scores of 62 Grade 6 students was studied. Generally, the metacognitive and affective variables correlated significantly with teachers' grades and standardized test scores in mathematics, reading, and science. Planning and self-assessment significantly predicted the six measures of achievement. Step-wise multiple regression analyses using the metacognitive and affective variables largely indicate that students' and teachers' perceptions of scholastic ability and planning appear to be the most salient factors in predicting academic performance. The locus of control dimension had no utility in predicting classroom grades and performance on standardized measures of achievement. The implications of the findings for teaching and learning are discussed.

scholarly journals Alternative Assessments: Performance Assessment, Authenticity, Portfolios and Methods of Implementing Performance Assessments / Pentaksiran Alternatif: Pentaksiran Prestasi, Autentik, Portfolio dan Kaedah Pelaksanaan Pentaksiran Prestasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Akmar Said
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Building Product ◽  
Teaching Objectives ◽  
Alternative Assessments ◽  
And Performance

Assessment is part of the teaching and learning process, aimed at improving student performance. Assessment also improves the quality of education, which enhances lifelong learning skills and performance in the educational context. Evaluation is a form of process of measuring the assessment process. It is a systematic process that involves the collection, analysis and translation of student achievement levels into the teaching objectives. Today, alternative assessments implemented in the learning system are a form of assessment that complements conventional assessment. Alternative assessments focus on student growth over time as well as the final process. And finally there are four categories of performance assessment namely response building, product evaluation, performance assessment and process focus assessment. Each category comes with examples of activities to help teachers teach and learn in the classroom

Drawing students’ attention to relevant assessment criteria: effects on self-assessment skills and performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greet M.J. Fastré ◽  
Marcel R. van der Klink ◽  
Dominique Sluijsmans ◽  
Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Self-Assessment: Its Roles for Higher Education Students In Academic Writing Class

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-365
Author(s):  
Cahyaning Fristiara
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Writing Class

Self-Assessment is one kind of assessment technique that used by the teacher and conducted by the students in making grade of learning. By using this kind of assessment, students are stimulated to find strength and weakness in learning process, to assess the understanding about material given by the lecturer, and to judge the achievement in Academic writing class. This paper aimed to investigate the roles of self-assessment in Academic Writing Class. Purposive sampling used as sampling technique, where 5 students in Academic Writing Class involved as research sample. Self-assessment questionnaire applied in this research to know the roles of self-assessment in Academic Writing class. Interview also conducted in collecting some additional information regarding the student difficulties in conducting self-assessment. The result of the study showed that the use of self-assessment in Academic Writing class is important to know students strength and weakness in teaching and learning process, to increase the motivation in writing, and to improve the writing performance. This research expected to give contributions in the educational development especially encourages student’s awareness to optimize the use of self-assessment in Academic Writing Class and as consideration for the teachers in conducting assessment process in the teaching and learning activity.

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