Current investigation and analysis of formative assessment in college oral English teaching

This article investigates and analyzes the current circumstances of formative assessment in college oral English teaching. The result shows： （1） students still have some difficulties in the process of oral English formative assessment; （2） students are not accessible to abundant formative assessment approaches; （3） teachers play an unsatisfactory role in the process of oral English formative assessment. Finally, this article offers some advice on figuring out the problems above.

英语专业四级听写常见错误调查与分析

通过调查,发现学生在听写中常犯的错误主要包括单词拼写、词语漏写、标点符号使用、主谓不一致等。导致出现错误的原因有:标准化考试忽视了对英语单词拼写的练习,学生在听意群时忽略了单词的搭配,学生语法基础不扎实等。同时提出了有效解决英语专业四级考试中学生听写问题的建议:教师应对学生的错误给予准确、及时、建设性的反馈,学生要对错误进行自我反思。