论高校外语教学中的形成性评估

Formative Assessment in Higher Education Foreign Language Teaching

教学评估包括终结性评估和形成性评估。形成性评估的促学作用已获得国内外许多综述研究和实证研究的支持,在为学生提供安全的学习环境、提高学生有效的学习能力、培养教师探究的思维习惯以及提升师生间的良好互动等方面产生了良好影响。相比较国际上形成性评估的发展并不均衡、发展水平参差不齐的现状,我国高校外语教学中形成性评估应在目标的具体化、体系的针对性、评估的融合度以及教师的职业发展等方面下功夫,在教学中贯彻形成性评估的理念。

Assessment,including summative assessment and formative assessment,is an essential component of education system.Numerous studies on the theory and practice of formative assessment have been conducted both at home and abroad.Formative assessment has positive influence on students’learning environment and learning ability,teachers’thinking habit and interaction between teachers and students.After reviewing the status quo of formative assessment,this paper argues that special attention should be paid to specification,pertinency and combination of formative assessment and professional development of teachers in implementing formative assessment in university foreign language teaching.