Full Description
Dynamic Assessment (DA) reconceptualizes classroom interactions by arguing that teaching and assessment should not be distinct undertakings. This book offers a much-needed coherent framework for co-constructing a ZPD with learners in order to simultaneously reveal the full range of their abilities and promote development. DA has a long history in education but it is new to the L2 field. This book provides the first book-length treatment of DA in the language classroom.
Contents
Dynamic Assessment - Theory, Models, and Challenges.- Introducing Dynamic Assessment.- The Origins of Dynamic Assessment: Sociocultural Theory and the Zone of Proximal Development.- Prevailing Models of Dynamic Assessment.- Issues In Dynamic Assessment.- Dynamic Assessment and Second Language Development.- Toward A Model Of L2 Dynamic Assessment.- Understanding L2 Development Through Dynamic Assessment.- Promoting L2 Development Through Dynamic Assessment.- Profiling L2 Development Through Dynamic Assessment.- Constructing a Future for L2 Dynamic Assessment.
