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Ideas in Action: Activities for Alternative Assessment
Why is it that some students perform incredibly well in a grammar test, but cannot apply this knowledge in a conversation? How effective is formal language testing in proving how well students can actually apply language to life? In addition to exploring the theoretical background and looking at key concerns teachers have regarding alternative assessment, this book provides a wide selection of tools, ideas and example activities that teachers can use in their own classroom to support their own assessment practices and monitor learning
accomplishments.
Activities for Alternative Assessment:
starts with a clear overview of the concepts and terminology used when discussing assessment in ELToffers strategies designed to help teachers embed assessment into their teachingprovides tools and activities for learning assessmentshows that implementing alternative assessment doesn't have to be demanding or time-consuming
Additional features and resources include:
ideas for differentiating and extending the activities for different teaching scenariosphotocopiable worksheets accompanying most activitiessuggestions for adapting the activities for the online learning environment
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Ideas in Action: Activities for Alternative Assessment
Why is it that some students perform incredibly well in a grammar test, but cannot apply this knowledge in a conversation? How effective is formal language testing in proving how well students can actually apply language to life? In addition to exploring the theoretical background and looking at key concerns teachers have regarding alternative assessment, this book provides a wide selection of tools, ideas and example activities that teachers can use in their own classroom to support their own assessment practices and monitor learning
accomplishments.
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Activities for Alternative Assessment:
starts with a clear overview of the concepts and terminology used when discussing assessment in ELToffers strategies designed to help teachers embed assessment into their teachingprovides tools and activities for learning assessmentshows that implementing alternative assessment doesn't have to bedemanding or time-consuming
Additional features and resources include:
ideas for differentiating and extending the activities for different teaching scenariosphotocopiable worksheets accompanying most activitiessuggestions for adapting the activities for the online learning environment
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Leo Selivan has over 15 years of experience in the ELT world. Over the years he has worked as a teacher, senior teacher, examiner, teacher trainer and materials developer. Today he is a freelance lecturer teaching both pre-service and in-service teachers. Known as Lexical Leo on social media, he has written materials and articles not just for his own blog Leoxicon, but for several well-known publications in the field of education. Activities for Alternative Assessment is his second ELT book.
