Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University
In recent decades, assessment design and implementation issues have been a severe concern in teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Language assessment, which is inextricably linked to EFL teachers' conceptions and education, influences students and their learning. This case...
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UPT Pengembangan Bahasa IAIN Kendari
2022-12-01
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| description | In recent decades, assessment design and implementation issues have been a severe concern in teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Language assessment, which is inextricably linked to EFL teachers' conceptions and education, influences students and their learning. This case study investigates teachers' underlying beliefs concerning EFL assessment as well as their practices in the classrooms of Indonesian Islamic universities. The study engaged ten university EFL teachers who work in an Indonesian Islamic Higher Education institution. The participants were recruited using the purposive sampling technique. Semi-structured interviews were used to determine teachers' beliefs about language assessment. Thematic analysis was used to transcribe, code and segment data to establish themes, categories, and subcategories that depict participants' beliefs regarding EFL assessment. The findings revealed that the participants used various terms to describe assessment, providing an exciting background to their practices. They also believed in language assessment's varied purposes, including administrative and pedagogical purposes. Most participants conceived assessment as an extension of EFL classroom teaching and learning, thus significantly impacting student learning and approaches to learning. Therefore, considering how assessments enhance student learning would influence teachers' decision-making. This paper also describes the implications of these findings for better governance of institutional systems for assessing English as a Foreign Language |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70a1557c9ae24547b3596c247091e76b2023-07-03T14:55:14ZaraUPT Pengembangan Bahasa IAIN KendariLangkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English2460-22802549-90172022-12-010013114410.31332/lkw.v0i0.44751929Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic UniversityMuhammad Nur Akbar Rasyid0UIN Alauddin MakassarIn recent decades, assessment design and implementation issues have been a severe concern in teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Language assessment, which is inextricably linked to EFL teachers' conceptions and education, influences students and their learning. This case study investigates teachers' underlying beliefs concerning EFL assessment as well as their practices in the classrooms of Indonesian Islamic universities. The study engaged ten university EFL teachers who work in an Indonesian Islamic Higher Education institution. The participants were recruited using the purposive sampling technique. Semi-structured interviews were used to determine teachers' beliefs about language assessment. Thematic analysis was used to transcribe, code and segment data to establish themes, categories, and subcategories that depict participants' beliefs regarding EFL assessment. The findings revealed that the participants used various terms to describe assessment, providing an exciting background to their practices. They also believed in language assessment's varied purposes, including administrative and pedagogical purposes. Most participants conceived assessment as an extension of EFL classroom teaching and learning, thus significantly impacting student learning and approaches to learning. Therefore, considering how assessments enhance student learning would influence teachers' decision-making. This paper also describes the implications of these findings for better governance of institutional systems for assessing English as a Foreign Languagehttps://ejournal.iainkendari.ac.id/index.php/langkawi/article/view/4475language assessmentlanguage classroomteachers’ beliefsteachers’ practice |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Nur Akbar Rasyid Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University Langkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English language assessment language classroom teachers’ beliefs teachers’ practice |
| title | Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University |
| title_full | Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University |
| title_fullStr | Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University |
| title_short | Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Towards Language Assessment in an Indonesian Islamic University |
| title_sort | teachers beliefs and practices towards language assessment in an indonesian islamic university |
| topic | language assessment language classroom teachers’ beliefs teachers’ practice |
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