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9 - Assessment and Good Language Teachers

from Part II - Classroom Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Shahid Abrar-ul-Hassan  and
Dan Douglas
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

“In Chapter 9, the authors discuss the ability of good language teachers to employ a range of formative and summative assessment practices to assess the individual learner’s needs and to address these needs in their instructional practice. The authors draw on the analysis of responses given by language practitioners in the higher education setting to suggest that learning-oriented assessment can enhance language teaching by helping learners engage with assessment feedback and benefit from it.”

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assessmentreliabilityvaliditysummativeformativeassessment literacy
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 107 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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