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3.1.4 Homework Task Fourteen

You now have gone through five sections in the chapter and learnt the salient aspects in language assessment and testing. By this time, you should have developed ideas regarding what changes you can make in your teaching and assessment practices. Based on what you have learnt in this chapter and discussions at classes, write an action plan (minimum 1 page) describing the problematic areas which you are planning to address after you complete this in-service education course, provide details of:

• Why you think it is a significant issue

• How you are going to address it; and,

• What is the expected result?

The discussion of the chapters on assessment and testing in language teaching gave me ideas what should I change in my teaching and assessment practice. The assessment for learning provided me with ideas what assessment task I can include in to my assessment profile of the course syllabus, make changes into the content of the course depending on the result of the diagnostic assessment tools. Moreover there are possible ways of involving students in the process of assessment during my teaching, the ways which are self-assessment and peer-assessment. The knowledge that I got from this chapter provided me with the ideas to plan the lessons according to the results of the assessment tools too.

For me it is a significant issue to revise the course syllabus especially assessment profile. The revision process will give the teacher an opportunity to include new topics and focus on various text types, in the case of the Reading course. The length of the texts are also taken into consideration, as it is an important one in planning the lessons and paying attention to the affective factors that may influence the students while working with the text. The assessment profiles play a vital role in the course assessment. I will change the tasks in the continuous assessment, the tasks will help the learners to develop their reading skills, doing analysis and exploring the language of the different types of the texts. In the summative assessment students will see their achievement, as the tasks in the summative assessment will be similar to what they have done during the course or evaluated in the continuous assessment.

Authentic materials are another issue to give attention to. I will pay attention to selection of materials such as semi-authentic and authentic materials. Resources will be revised, as we have access to the newly published materials in the country. Taking into consideration students’ IT skills in the modern world, the course syllabus should also include tasks for independent study, especially for the reading course. Including extensive reading will give students an opportunity to develop their independent study skills if they are given clear and step by step instruction of how to complete the tasks.