Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

This free course, Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing modern foreign languages in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a modern foreign languages teacher and develop a greater awareness of the implications of assessment practice on pedagogy and its relevance for modern foreign language education.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 What does it mean to make progress in MFL?
• 1 What does it mean to make progress in MFL?
• 1.1 The good language learner
• 1.2 External assessment
• 1.3 Validity and reliability
• 2 What should be assessed in MFL learning and how?
• 2 What should be assessed in MFL learning and how?
• 2.1 What should MFL teachers assess?
• 2.2 Using assessment to support learning
• 2.3 Assessing language skills
• 2.4 Involving students in the assessment process
• 3 How can we use assessment to enable MFL learning?
• 3 How can we use assessment to enable MFL learning?
• 3.1 Including students in the assessment process
• 3.2 The impact of feedback on student progress in MFL
• 3.3 Target setting
• 4 What are the challenges to effective assessment in MFL?
• 4 What are the challenges to effective assessment in MFL?
• 4.1 Assessing oral work
• 4.2 Keeping student records in MFL
• Conclusion
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements