2. QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED
1. What is assessment and assessment literacy
2. The functions of assessment in teaching
3. Types of assessment
4. Types of test
5. Test designing principles
3. WHAT IS ASSESSMENT ?
• In educational practice, it is an ongoing process that
encompasses a wide range of methodological
techniques to estimate a person`s performance. (A
good teacher never ceases to assess students,
whether those are incidental or intended) Brown, 2010
4. WHAT IS ASSESSMENT LITERACY
•It is being knowledgeable about the principles,
practices and key concepts of testing and
decisions surrounding their usage; being able to
link it to learning and teaching process by
matching it to instructional objectives.
5. THE FUNCTIONS OF ASSESSMENT
• Evaluate the learners performance
• Provide thorough information about students` progress levels
• Help teachers to check to what extent course objectives have been
realized
• Carry out administrative function
• Qualify the learners language competence
• Measure the capacity and general ability of a learner to learn the
language
10. REFERENCES
• Brown H.D “Language assessment principles and classroom practices”
• Rogier D “Assessment literacy: building a base for better teaching and learning”
• Celcia-Murcia “M. Teaching English as a second or foreign language”
• Kertaeva Z.S “The role of assessment literacy for EFL teachers in higher education
context”
• Kertaeva Z.S “Setting purpose for assessment: selecting the right alternative
assessment”
