The Limits of Assessment. The Case of Assessing Reading

Authors

  • Sanda Gabriela Guina “Iuliu Hațieganu” School, Cluj-Napoca Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

extensive reading, testing: formal/informal, alternative testing, encouragemnent, support.

Abstract

:  The conventional practice is “teach, test, grade, and move on” where the assessment is summative, according to Black & Wiliam research. The general accepted idea is that teachers should only test what they teach and should not teach just in order to test. Testing is part of the learning process, but it is not a means in itself. Different types of tests are used in formal contexts, both in classrooms and in external/international exams. But when it comes to extensive reading, testing shouldn’t be our priority, or it should be done in a rather informal way.  

Author Biography

  • Sanda Gabriela Guina, “Iuliu Hațieganu” School, Cluj-Napoca

    Sanda Gabriela Guină graduated from Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Letters, in 2000 and has been teaching for 20 years at “Iuliu Hațieganu” Secondary School  in Cluj-Napoca. She has participated in courses, seminars and conferences, being open to discover useful ideas to help her become a better teacher.  She is the co-author of  “Upgrading 1/2/3/4” (a series of auxiliary courses designed for secondary classes) and the author of  “Strategies for Developing Reading Skills and Promoting Reading Habits” (2020). She is passionate about finding ways to encourage pupils to read extensively.

References

Alderson, J.Charles (2005). Assessing Reading, Cambridge University Press

Nuttall, Christine (2005 edit). Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language, Macmillan ELT

Bamford, J. & Day, R (2004) Extensive Reading Activities for Teaching Language, Cambridge University Press

Changing Teaching through Formative Assessment, by Paul Black and dylan William, King’s College, London- available at www.oecd.org/education/ceri

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Published

09-07-2024

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2021): Summer 2021

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The Limits of Assessment. The Case of Assessing Reading. (2024). RATE Issues, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.69475/