Assessment tasks are the methods we use for assessing learners.
We can assess students formally or informally.
Informal assessment
We observe learners to see how well they are doing something and then we give them comments on their performance.
Formal assessment
When we assess learners through tests or exams and give their work a mark or a grade.
Diagnostic Test
At the beginning of a course, we give our students a test to find out what they know and don’t know. This information can help us decide what to teach and which learners need help.
Placement Test
When the school or teacher wants to know at what level the learners are and decide what level of class they should go to.
Formative Assessment
We assess our students when we want to know how well they are doing after teaching part of a course.
Progress Test
When the formative assessment is done through a test, it is called progress test.
Proficiency Test
When students want to see how good they are at a language.
The contents of this kind of test are not based on a course program or syllabus.
Achievement Test
When teachers assess the whole content of a course.
Self Assessment
Auto-evaluation
Peer Assessment
Learners assess one another, usually using checklists to guide them.
Self Assessment and Peer Assessment help learners understand their language use and performance better and become more autonomous.
Portfolio Assessment
Collection of learners’ work during a course
Objective Test
Assessment tasks which answers are either right or wrong.
Subjective Test
Assessments that consider many different things. The mark the teacher gives depends on their judgement.
- Assessment Tasks:
Gap fill (They test accuracy)
Multiple choice questions
True/False questions
Ordering
Correcting mistakes
Interviews
Conversations (They test communication skills)
Role-plays
Writing letters Writing compositions
Dictation
Projects
Portfolio
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