EAL Assessment: What Do Australian Teachers Want?

Autor/inn/en	Davison, Chris; Michell, Michael
Titel	EAL Assessment: What Do Australian Teachers Want?
Quelle	In: TESOL in Context, 24 (2014) 2, S.51-72 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1030-8385
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Language Teachers; Classroom Observation Techniques; Specialists; Public Schools; Private Schools; Catholic Schools; Student Evaluation; Teacher Attitudes; Evaluation Methods; Interviews; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Fragebogen; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Katholische Schule; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Australien
Abstract	Assessing English as a second or an additional language (ESL/ EAL) learners in schools is a particularly challenging area for most teachers. With so many students requiring systematic and regular EAL support, all teachers need access to appropriate and useful assessment tools and advice, but most assessment systems are imposed on teachers, rather than negotiated with them based on a contextualised and detailed understanding of their needs. Drawing on questionnaire, focus group and teacher-based classroom observation data, this paper provides a snapshot of the views of more than 30 EAL specialist teachers drawn from with a representative range of teachers from selected government, Catholic and independent schools in Victoria and NSW. The paper concludes with a discussion of the key criteria needed for more effective EAL assessment. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Council of TESOL Associations. P.O. Box 2019, Smithfield, New South Wales 2164, Australia. e-mail: actaexec@yahoo.com.au; Web site: http://www.tesol.org.au/Publications/TESOL-in-Context
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01