Focus on Assessment

Referencing classroom-based research and classroom vignettes, Focus on Assessment helps you to understand research evidence in language assessment for students aged 6-16. It develops your ability to design, implement, and critically evaluate language assessment.

Focus on Assessment recognises the multiple roles teachers play in language assessment and the importance of teacher assessment competence. It explores key areas of teaching and assessment, such as ensuring a positive assessment experience, the importance of cognitively rich tasks that measure essential core language skills, and promoting learner autonomy.

Examples from real classroom practice and key research studies are an integral part of the book, with activities to help you relate research and theory on language assessment to your own teaching context.

Key features

• Features examples from real classroom practice and key research studies from a variety of classroom contexts
• Examines language frameworks and standards for assessment in school education
• Provides activities to help you relate research and theory to your teaching context

The book includes:

• Spotlight Studies, highlighting important research on teaching and assessment.
• Classroom Snapshots, featuring descriptions of teachers and students engaged in different approaches to learning and teaching.
• Activities which encourage comparison and reflection, helping you to relate research and theory on language assessment to your own teaching context.

This book is part of the Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom series, focusing on key topics for teaching English as a second or foreign language. These research-led instructional guides link the theories of second language acquisition and pedagogy with classroom practice, helping you to reflect on what needs to happen in the language classroom.