What do we assess How When Why

1. Presentation Title
TKT: YOUNG LEARNERS
Session 5: Assessment of YL
Tutor: Lic. Silvia Rovegno Malharin

2. Session outline
• Key terms in assessment
• Areas of assessment
• Purposes of assessment
• Assessment focus
• Acting on assessment evidence
• Round-off TKT YL

3. Homework task

4. Key terms:
Can you name the term?

5. 1. A type of testing which is different from a final
examination.
Some or all of the work that learners do during a course is
considered by the teacher on a regular basis and
contributes to the final grade given to learners.
May also include regular monitoring of classroom
performance and contribution.
Continuous assessment

6. 2. When a teacher judges learners’ work
through a test and then gives a formal report
or grade to learners, to say how successful
or unsuccessful they have been.
Formal assessment

7. 3. When a teacher uses information on
learners’ progress during a course to adapt
their teaching or to give learners feedback
on their learning.
Formativeassessment

8. 4. When a teacher decides whether a
learner is doing well or not, or whether a
course is successful or not, by observing
learners rather than setting a test or writing
an official report or giving a grade.
Informal assessment

9. 5. When learners give feedback on each
other’s language, work, learning strategies,
performance
Peer assessment

10. 6. When learners decide for themselves how
good they think their progress or language
use is.
Self-assessment

11. 7. Sentences that describe language
learners’ language use or an aspect of it on
a scale of proficiency,
Can-do statements

12. 8. X is used to see how well learners have
learned the language and skills taught in
class.
Achievement test

13. 9. X is used to identify problems that
learners have with language or skills.
Diagnostic test

14. 10. X is used to see how good learners are
at using the target language. The contents
of a ……are not chosen according to what
has been taught, but according to what is
needed for a particular purpose
Proficiency test

16. What is classroom based
assesement?
✓ Assessment is a systematic process of gathering information about what a
student knows, is able to do, and is learning to do.
✓ Assessment information provides the foundation for decision-making and
planning for instruction and learning.
✓ Assessment is an integral part of instruction that enhances, empowers, and
celebrates student learning
✓ Classroom-based assessment provides regular feedback and allows teachers
and students to reflect on progress and adjust instruction and learning
accordingly.

18. How do we assess learning?
❖ observing behaviour
❖ listening to oral work
❖ asking learners their opinions
❖ through self-assessment tasks
❖ correcting written work
❖ using checklists

19. Brainstorm
Purposes
Focus
Acting on evidence

21. Exam practice task

22. Purposes of assessment
Why do we
assess?

23. Task: are the statements true
or false?

24. Assessment focus: sorting
task
Sample task

25. Acting on assessment evidence
Matching task

26. Round off!