Language skills need to be assessed through well designed rubrics related to the educational purpose of the programme. It is highly recommended to record the results through rubrics with specific criteria and results intended.

1. USING RUBRICS FOR CHECKING LANGUAGE
COMPETENCES
H.O.D. NOURA AL-BEDAIWI

2. RUBRICS AND ACTION RESEARCH
 Put simply, action research is “learning by doing”: a group of
people identify a problem, do something to resolve it, see how
successful their efforts were, and if not satisfied, try again” (O’Brien,
2001, P2)
 “Lewin (1946): to describe work that did not separate the
investigation from the action needed to solve the problem”.
(McFarland & Stansell, 1993, P.14).

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4. Bellaterra Journal of
Teaching & Learning
Language & Literature
Vol. 7(1), Feb-Mar 2014,
52-77

5. DATA COLLECTION
 Using rubrics in class is one of the ways to collect data of teachers’ and
learners’ performance.
 Rubrics describe: what learners have acquired, their participation in class, their
attitudes towards learning and how well they connect their knowledge to the
real world.
 Tasks designed for class should be aligned with the rubrics designed.
 Criteria should be chosen to assess the language skills required: 1. Listening
2. Speaking 3. Reading 4. Writing