Microsoft Word language assessment theory with practice

Formative Feedback: Portfolio 
Steps to be followed while providing feedback to student portfolios are 
given below (adapted from Friedman Ben David et al., 2001). 
Summary of the Chapter
Speaking and writing are productive skills that are difficult to develop 
and assess in a foreign language. Both are multifaceted, extremely complex 
abilities combining and requiring varied types of macro and micro-skills and 
knowledge that are sometimes not even correlated with each other. The 
assessment of those skills is usually more challenging and time-consuming 
than listening and reading, and they are frequently not included in high 
stakes summative assessment tests. Therefore, to support students’ foreign 
language learning and inform teachers’ teaching, the formative assessment 
of speaking and writing should be prioritised, carefully planned and 
implemented in language classes. The current chapter looks at various 
formative assessment techniques and tasks that, if employed properly, will 
help language experts to both encourage students to continue working on 
their oral and written skills and will enable teachers to evaluate students’ 
development in speaking and writing in a valid and reliable manner while at 
the same time assisting them in fulfilling their course objectives.

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Assessment of Language Skills: Productive Skills
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Practice Corner (1) 
(1) Snowboling knowledge 
a) Individually write six key terms/concepts/techniques that you have 
learned about the formative assessment of speaking and writing 
(i.e., list three concepts related to the assessment of speaking and 
three related to writing). 
b) Now, choose a partner and compare your notes. What were the 
commonly mentioned terms/concepts/techniques? Which ones 
were different? Discuss both groups of terms/concepts/techniques 
and explain why you think they are essential. 
c) Finally, make a list as a class and discuss the most and least 
frequently mentioned terms/concepts/techniques.