Task 11

What issues do you think to consider before assessing[1] children’s English?

Do you accept the followings?

Age: Motor, language, conceptual and social development

Content of language learning: skills, vocabulary, language use at discourse level

Methods of teaching: games, songs, stories to carry language content and practice.

Aims of language learning: social, cross-cultural and language learning aims

Learning theories

Assessment should be seen from a learning-centred perspective

Assessment should support learning and teaching (the process and outcomes of assessment

can motivate learners; an assessment activity can be a language use model, assessment activity and feedback from it can support further learning, the outcomes of assessment can help teachers plan more effective lessons and can inform the evaluation and improvement of courses and programs).

Assessment is more than testing: The test results do not reflect the big picture.

Assessment should be in harmony with learning.

Children and parents should understand assessment issues. Parents need to know what