1. What is the difference between?
1.1. Evaluation
1.1.1. involves looking at all the factors that influence the learning process, such as syllabus objectives, course design, materials, methodology, teacher performance and assessment
1.2. Assessment
1.2.1. Is to measure the performance of our students and the progress they make. We also need to diagnose the problems they have and provide our learners with useful feedback
1.3. Testing
1.3.1. It involves looking at all the factors that influence the learning process such as syllabus objectives, course design, materials, methodology and teacher performance
2. Formal and Informal Assessment
2.1. Formal
2.1.1. are administered to evaluate or monitor students’ knowledge at a point in time. They are administered after learning has occurred and are designed to understand students’ performance in relation to other students or to assess individual student’s performance.
2.2. Informal
2.2.1. Informal assessment is a way of collecting information about our students’ performance in normal classroom conditions. This is done without establishing test conditions such as in the case of formal assessment. Informal
3. Traditional / Alternative Assessment
3.1. Traditional
3.1.1. One-shot, standardized exams Timed, multipl e-choice formal Decontext ualized test items Scores suffice for feedback Norm-referenced scores focus on the "right" answer Summative Oriented to product Non-interactive performance Fosters extrinsic motivation
3.2. Alternative
3.2.1. Continuous !ong-term assessment Untimed, free-response format Contextualized communicative tasks Ind ividualized feedback and washback Criterion-referenced scores Open-ended, creative answers Formative Oriented to process Interactive performance Fosters intrinsic motivat ion
4. Self/Peer Assesment
4.1. Self-Assessment
4.1.1. can provide us with useful information about students’ expectations and needs, their problems and worries, how they feel about their own progress, their reactions to the materials and methods being used, what they think about the course in general.
4.2. Peer-Assessment
4.2.1. where students assess one another during class activities
5. Formative / Summative Assessment
5.1. Sumative
5.1.1. These tests are administered at the end of courses and their objective is to see if students have achieved the objectives set out in the syllabus.
5.2. Formative
5.2.1. they do not only give information to the teacher but can provide important feedback to the student.
6. Performance-Based Assessment
6.1. allowed a teacher- student dialogue to form the basis of assessment
7. Alternatives in assessment
7.1. Journals Portfolios Conferences and Interviews Observations Self- and Peer-Assessments
8. Types of tests
8.1. Discrete·point tests
8.1.1. constructed on the assumption that language can be broken down into its componem parts and that those parts can be tested successfully. These components are the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and various units of language
8.2. integrative test
8.2.1. Two types of tests have historically been claimed to be examples of integrative tests: doze tests and dictations