1. When a teacher uses a speaking activity to assess learners’ speaking skills, not their reading skills, does the assessment have validity?

2. An assessment is practical if

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3. A teacher wants to access how learners use a language point that is presented and practiced communicatively, e.g. can and shall for offering to do something. He gives learners true/false questions about the form of the language point. Does this assessment have validity?

4. A teacher uses an activity from the coursebook for assessment in the classroom. The learners correct each other’s work and the teacher records some of their marks in a record book. Is this practical?

5. A teacher assesses some first-year primary learners in vocabulary. The learners have to read a sentence and draw a picture, for example, “The man is hungry”. Is that fair?

6. Many learners in class score highly in assessments over the year. The school awards the class a prize of English. The learners and the teacher feel proud. Is this an example of washback?

7. Read what the teacher says and answer the question. What type of assessment does this teacher use at the end of the year?

I teach learners in their final year of primary school. I use different types of assessments during the year. Then at the end of the year, the learners take school exams. They need to work on their own and take the exam in silence.

8. A teacher observes learners as they work in pairs on a speaking task. The teacher listens to each pair for one minute and thinks about how well they are speaking. The teacher gives each learner a grade (A-F) Is this a reliable way to assess the learners?

9. “I teach primary learners. I give them activities to do in groups in the classroom to see how well they are doing during the term. They can ask me or their classmates for help, so, they don’t feel too worried. I make notes about some of the learners each time.” What kind of assessment is it?

1. This is an example of an informal, classroom-based assessment.
“I copy parts of the progress test from another coursebook. I put my learners into rows so they are sitting on their own, then I give them 30 minutes to complete the test in silence. I mark and note the scores”

2. This is an example of an informal, classroom-based assessment.
“When I teach my grade 2 class, I observe a few learners each lesson. I watch how they respond to classroom instructions and also at other times when I speak to them in English. I also note down when they answer a question in English or try to use English in the classroom.”

3. In the informal classroom-based assessment

4. The purpose of formal assessment is….