Presenter: Icy Lee
WORKSHOP:
Assessment as Learning in EFL Classrooms
Icy Lee
Assessment as Learning in EFL Classrooms
Icy Lee
Workshop Abstract
As a result of a paradigm shift in assessment and evaluation, the past decade or so has seen an exponential growth of interest in assessment for
learning (AFL). While AFL provides information to help students reinforce
learning and to help teachers improve teaching, assessment as learning
(AAL) further focuses on the role of the learner as the connector between
assessment and learning (Earl & Katz, 2006), where all elements of
assessment are designed with the purpose of promoting learning. The
ultimate goal of AAL is to develop learners’ autonomy so that they can
become metacognitively aware of their own thought processes and the
strategies they use to improve learning (Davies, Pantzopoulos & Gray, 2011).
How can EFL teachers promote assessment as learning (AAL) to engage
students in an active process of thinking and reflecting so that they become
more aware of their thought processes and the strategies used to improve
learning? This workshop aims to familiarize participants with the purposes,
principles and practice of AAL and to demonstrate how AAL can be promoted
in EFL classrooms. Participants will leave the session with enhanced
understanding of how AAL can be implemented in their own language
classroom.