Why do we assess learners ? - HANDOUT

1. What are the reasons of the learners' assessment ?

-to monitor and aid learners progress

-to provide learners with evidence of their progress and enhance motivation

-to monitor your - the teachers - performance and plan future word

-to provide information for parents, colleagues and school authorities

2. Functions of evaluation.

• Formative evaluation (kontrola bieżąca)

• End-of-term evaluation (kontrola okresowa)

• Summative evaluation (kontrola globalna)

3. What is formative evaluation ?

It is carried out day by-day. It is aim is not only to mark ss but to provide feedback their current achievement

Its basic functions are:

• Diagnostic function

• Educational function

4. Diagnostic function of evaluation - Properly organized evaluation and testing of learners' achievements gives T. an opportunity to get a clear idea of his/her ss' progress in FL learning, and it also provides info on the effectiveness of the methods and techniques T. uses in class. We have a distinction between : the individual diagnosis and the group diagnosis.

5. What is the characteristic of individual diagnosis ?

Helps ss realize witch part of the material they are good at and with must be trained.

They get to know their strengths and weaknesses are. It helps use their self- control and autonomy.

6. The group diagnosis provides the T with feedback on the whole-group achievements. How does it work ?

7. Educational function (funkcja wychowawcza) - each test makes ss concentrate their attention on certain language material and language skill and thereby mastering it successfully.

Systematic evaluation or testing is to get our ss used to constant preparation for the lessons, and make them treat learning at home seriously.

When can it kill students' motivation ?

Don't use it as a form of punishment a the at, as it can kill ss motivation.

If the type of control is varied (T does not only tests vocabulary or grammar) ss will have to master all skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing.

8. What is the purpose of end-of-term evaluation ?

The main purpose have is to mark in and classify then form the best to the poorest, with regard to the specific language skills.

Such a control must be objective. For that type of evaluation teachers usually use specially prepared objective tests so called : teacher-made tests, they are not prepared statistically but their evaluation tools are as objective as in case of verified and statistic tests use for summative evaluation.

This type of evaluation should also display diagnostic and educational functions.

9. How is summative evaluation carried out ?

It is carried out trough quite formal tests and exams eg. Nature examination, competence test. It is results allow to judge to what extend the syllabus main objectives and direction where accomplished in a given school, town, province and the whole country.

What information does it provide ?

It can be the source of into for the school's headmasters parents and the educational board on excellent or poor teachers, schools or classes.

Gathered date provides valuable into for the syllabus designers so they may after the syllabus and adapt it for given stage of learning.

Such a control must be accompanied with the specific information on the learners, as it is obvious that the level in the different classes and schools is different, and not all gaps in the learners' knowledge is the teacher's blame.

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