How to assess performance of students of English as a foreign language to raise their motivation, maintain it on fairly high level and have good rapport with them.

1. FROM ASSESsMENT TO MOTIVATION Marcin stanowski Thebestsolutionfor thebestteacher to LeanneGauthier - thebestteacherever

3. we practisetheexponent in a meaningfullway

4. we manipulatewith form/ meaning/ context

5. we need to knowthat we do thisright

8. Conducted at the end of a unit

9. Useful for placementordiagnosticassessment

11. Useful as feedback

14. Establishment of clear learning goals

15. Lower Test Anxietythroughfrequenttesting

16. Askingthekeyquestion

17. Givingfeedback

18. Self-assessment and peer-assessment

20. Set clear learning goals! Comprehensible for students. 2009-05-30 Marcin Stanowski 8 I cancompare, contrast and react to photos. Meetthefriends of thebestteacher: WALT WILF OLI is short for “What are we learning today?” This information will be spoken about at the start of a lesson to focus pupils’ attention. is short for “What am I looking for?” and refers to the points pupilsneed to follow to successfully complete a task. isshort for ”Our learning intention…” whichdescribes what pupils should know, understand or be able to do by the end of the lesson or series of lessons.

27. Self-assessment - SWOT 2009-05-30 Marcin Stanowski 13

28. Selfassessment II 2009-05-30 Marcin Stanowski 14 Think about your progress as you work through your coursebook. After completing modules 1-5 read each statement and write the number of ticks that apply to you. = I need more practice = sometimes find this difficult = No problem! In English I can…

29. Peer-assessment 2009-05-30 Marcin Stanowski 15 THINK, PAIR, SHARE tasks Oral matura taskswhithintriads Compareyouranswerswithyour partner. Pyramids Letthem be matura examiners Examplefrom a coursebooksection on writing:

31. Observeyourstudents (VARK)

32. Carry out needs analysis / learnerstylesquestionaire

33. Providingwith learning strategies (especially for matura)

34. Look for useful learning strategytipswhithinthecoursebook

35. Providewiththetipsbased on yourexperience of OKE examiner

36. Reduce TTT, Lenghten TWT