Language Assessment

Abstract

Teachers/instructors have the critical role of bridging teaching and assessment, meaning the more knowledgeable the teachers/instructors are, the more effective the assessment becomes. This results in that language instructors are to integrate various assessment strategies into their teaching to make better decisions about the learners' progress, which highlights the term “assessment literacy.” Besides language instructors' being knowledgeable, what they do in classrooms deserves attention. Language assessment practices are strategies/methods instructors use in classrooms to reach to-the-point and objective evaluations of students' language development. Within this scope, the purpose of the current study is two-fold: first, to investigate the language assessment knowledge of language instructors and, second, to identify their language assessment practices in classrooms. Based on the findings, it is critical to understand not only what language instructors know but also what they do in classes. As a result, the ultimate goal of standardization in language assessment could be attained.