Objectives: Self-assessment, as one type of alternative assessment, with the increased attention to learner-centered curricula, needs analysis, and learner autonomy has gained popularity in recent years. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of self-assessment on Javanroodian Foreign Language (Kordestan) Learners’ Oral Performance ability. Methods: The assessment program ...

alternative assessment approaches received considerable attention soon after a discontent with traditional, one-shot testing. these approaches, however, have been used only to improve learners’ linguistic ability despite communicative models of language which pointed that knowledge of language also involves pragmatic ability (bachman, 1990; bachman & palmer, 1996). the present study tries t...

Recent developments and issues in the education has brought radical changes way learners’ teachers alike need to reconsider about assessments, particularly ESL/EFL learning teaching classrooms. As such, alternative assessment tools are meant be worked out as solutions over traditional approaches, so that learners truly assessed for calibre of work is produced by them. Hence, this pape...

Of the many dilemmas facing the assessment of literary competence, one is the extent to which language should constitute part of the target construct intended to be measured. Some argue for the construct-irrelevance of language and hence recommend that it be eliminated or minimized in favor of an exclusive focus on literary competence. In practice, this does not seem to be the case, as language...

At some point, language teachers need to be engaged in assessment their profession. Because is such a primary task for teachers, the field of testing encouraging research around knowledge, skills, and principles that are foundational sound assessment. In this paper, I provide definition Language Assessment Literacy (LAL), especially when it comes by reviewing existing models. then discuss ongoi...

From applied linguistic point of view, the fundamental question facing the language teachers, methodologists and course designers is which procedure is more effective in FL/SL: learning to use or using to learn? Definitely, in order to be a competent language user, knowledge of language system is necessary, but it is not sufficient to be a successful language user. That is why there was a gradu...

This critical review examines whether expressive language characteristics are able to distinguish children with Specific Language Impairment from children who are learning English as a Second Language. Overall, the research suggests that there is significant overlap between the two groups in the amount and types of errors made on expressive language tasks such as use of tense and morphology. Ho...