Unit 13 Assessment in Language Teaching.doc

English Language Teaching (ELT) 1 Unit 13 Assessment in Language Teaching and Learning __________________________________________________ Aims of the unit In this unit, we are going to discuss how to conduct assessment in language teaching. We will mainly talk about the following: 1. Assessment purposes 2. Assessment methods 3. Assessment criteria 4. Assessment principles 5. Testing in language assessment -----------------------------------Part 1------------------------------------- I. Revision In reality, when municate with each other, we often use more than one of the four skills, which are listening, speaking, reading and writing. It’sa must munication. It is necessary to integrate the skills in many different situations. And it isa fact that we use them together. Why should we integrate the four skills? 1) Many situations force us to use integrating the skills. 2) Communication . municate better in reality. 3) petences . 4) Build in more variety into lessons. 5) Raise motivation to learn English. Possible occasions : interview, make a speech, order dishes, examination, have a lesson, shopping, send a short message Integrated skills will motivate students to learn English in munication. What are the conditions for language learning? 1. Essential : 1) Exposure input of real spoken and written language) 2) Use of language to do things 3) Motivation : to process and use the exposure 2. Desirable: Instruction in language ( vocabulary and form ). Integrating the four skills can lead to the students ’ all-round development petence in English. How can we integrate the four skills? English Language Teaching (ELT) 2 There are two types of integration: Simple Integration Receptive skills : listening reading ↓↓ Productive skills: speaking plex Integration Oral medium: listening ←(a dialogue) → speaking ↑(a dictation) ↓ Written medium: reading ←(a letter) → writing What are the implications for teaching (except for integrating skills)? 1. Focus on discourse 话语