ERIC Number: EJ1128993
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1855-9719
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Assessment Orientations of State Primary EFL Teachers in Two Mediterranean Countries
Tsagari, Dina
Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, v6 n1 p9-30 2016
Many researchers have highlighted the central role that assessment plays in second language (L2) classrooms and have expressed the need for research into classroom-based language assessment (CBLA), an area that is gradually coming into its own in the field of language testing and assessment (e.g., Hasselgreen, 2008; Leung, 2014; Hill & McNamara, 2012; Turner, 2012). Motivated by the prominence of CBLA in recent discussions, the present study set out to investigate the CBLA practices, knowledge and skills of Greek and Cypriot primary school EFL teachers. The data was collected through teacher interviews and classroom-based tests. The results showed that teachers employ a summative orientation towards evaluating their students' performance and seem to have unclear ideas about the purposes and implementation of formative assessment, mainly due to lack of professional training in language assessment. The paper concludes with suggestions as to how EFL teachers' CBLA literacy can be enhanced.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Primary Education, Educational Practices, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Skills, Interviews, Language Tests, Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Knowledge Level, Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Mixed Methods Research, Grading, Feedback (Response), Standardized Tests, Alternative Assessment, Questionnaires
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva plošcad 16. Slovenia. Tel: +386-1-5892-344; e-mail: editors@cepsj.si; Web site: http://www.cepsj.si/doku.php?id=en:cepsj
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Primary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece; Cyprus
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