Authentic assessment - Thu Nguyen

Authentic assessment - Thu Nguyen

1. Reading - Writing

   • Teachers will be ale to see the direct evident of what students have done and their learning process
     • Discussion board
       • Digital tool. Students respond and reply each other. One topic each time.
       • Teacher will give one topic. Students respond what they have researched with valid links. Students reply others' responses. Students can collect links for further research
     • Reading synthesis
       • Students write what they think about or learn from the given reading materials.
       • Teacher will give students an article to read. And then, students have to think and write about their own experiences relating to the article.
   • Teachers can assess content knowledge and students can also build their critical think skills as well by attending this activity
     • Peer-review
       • Students review or make correction for each other on their writing tasks anonymously. Teachers should instruct students how to do that properly and respectfully.
       • After collecting all the first drafts, teacher will give each student a draft of his/her classmate. Also, a rubric or checklist will be given so that they will know which aspects should be focused on. After that, teacher will collect the draft with the peer-review notes and give it back to students so that they can see others' opinions about their work.

2. Listening - Speaking

   • These two activities are performance-based assessment tools. Teachers can evaluate learners' oral skills in order to assess their proficiency
     • Story telling
       • Students tell a story about a given topic.
       • Teacher can tell students a story and have the student write down main ideas/details. After that, students will have to retell the story by their own words. They can work in groups.
     • Presentation
       • Students present their research
       • Working in groups, students will research a given topic and then present what they have studied in front of the whole class
   • Thanks to this activity, students can self-construct and reconstruct their knowledge, and teachers can also assess their learning process by listening to their discussion
     • Quizlet
       • Digital tool. An activity operated by teacher. Students can use their phones or laptops to attend. Students join this activity as groups
       • Working in groups of three or four, students will gather together using their phones/laptops discussing and choosing the correct answer. Teacher should create more than seven questions with multiple choices

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