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.When learners are involved in preparing the assessment task or parts of the task themselves, the assessment procedure becomes even more personalized and less threatening.The learners may make materials to be included in the task, or write questions from which you select a sample, or write questions to others to answer, finally they may write sentences or paragraphs to be used as reading comprehension assessment tasks.9.What are Take-home tasks ?Are ones that as can complete at after discussion with you ss are given a deadline to meet.Particularly suitable for mixed ability classes, because the learners have the freedom to choose how to go about completing their task, how much time to spend on it, when to work on it, and what level of performance they see as satisfactory in the light of their own abilities.They foster autonomy, since the learners assume responsibility for completing the task on their own, disciplining themselves, setting their own deadlines, deciding how much time they need to complete the task, and ensuring the completion quality.10.ObservationYou observe your learners every single lesson and make dozens of judgments every day.All your considerations are a continuous assessment of the learners' behaviour, attitudes, and performance.However these are not systematically recorded to be used further for assessment purposes.What to do to record observation systematically ?To record observation systematically try to make short notes soon after the lesson and keep them on fill; or you can use checklist and tick them during or after the lessons.Remember that observation is always subjective and should be used in combination with other assessment methods.11.What is Conferencing ?Conferencing are friendly and informal chats.Teacher has with ss during witch they should feel comfortable enough to express themselves freely.lIt can be one-to-one or done in small groups.llIt can take place at the beginning of a course; when a new learner enters the course; at the end of a course or specific units; or when there is a problem to deal with.llYou can use it in order to assess speaking skills (then you do it in English).It may be helpful to give learners some questions to think beforehand : What do you think is your best piece of work ?l3 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]