Teachers’ Assessment Approaches Regarding EFL Students’ Speaking Skill
This paper reports an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study on speaking assessment approaches in a teacher education program at a Colombian university. The study aimed to explore how four in-service English language teachers approach the assessment of students’ speaking skill. The data were...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2021-01-01
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| description | This paper reports an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study on speaking assessment approaches in a teacher education program at a Colombian university. The study aimed to explore how four in-service English language teachers approach the assessment of students’ speaking skill. The data were gathered through classroom observations, interviews, and documentary analysis. Results revealed teachers’ preference for summative assessment practices to determine students’ progress regarding speaking. As a conclusion, teacher professional development in terms of language assessment may be seen as an alternative to develop significant assessment processes where students, teachers, and the institution can be benefited. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f2efc5f697244d3b44081eeabecb0052023-09-02T09:31:20ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902021-01-0123116117710.15446/profile.v23n1.85964Teachers’ Assessment Approaches Regarding EFL Students’ Speaking SkillJaime Fernando Duque-Aguilar0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2489-7679Universidad de la AmazoniaThis paper reports an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study on speaking assessment approaches in a teacher education program at a Colombian university. The study aimed to explore how four in-service English language teachers approach the assessment of students’ speaking skill. The data were gathered through classroom observations, interviews, and documentary analysis. Results revealed teachers’ preference for summative assessment practices to determine students’ progress regarding speaking. As a conclusion, teacher professional development in terms of language assessment may be seen as an alternative to develop significant assessment processes where students, teachers, and the institution can be benefited.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/85964english as a foreign languagespeaking assessmentteacher educationuniversity students |
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