Assessment of Young Learners’ Foreign Language in Slovenian Primary Schools

Authors

  • Mihaela Brumen University of Maribor
  • Branka Čagran University of Maribor
  • Shelagh Rixon University of Warwick

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.2.1-2.167-184

Keywords:

assessment, primary learners of a foreign language

Abstract

Assessment should regularly and systematically be integrated into the process of learning and teaching. That is, it should reflect the kinds of activity that regularly occur in class and with which pupils are familiar. It should have a strong diagnostic function that will provide useful information to teachers and learners in enabling them to take stock of where they are and if necessary to adapt their particular strategies. The research reported in this article focuses on an investigation of Slovenian foreign language teachers’ experiences and attitudes toward the assessment of primary learners of a foreign language. By means of a survey questionnaire we present the characteristics of teachers’ assessment in practice, and teachers’ attitudes toward assessment at the primary level. The survey shows that all teachers assess their young learners of foreign languages, more often numerically than with comments. They also believe that they are responsible for assessment, just as they believe that teachers and young learners alike have the right to these the results.

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ELOPE Vol. 2, No. 1-2

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Published

22.06.2005

How to Cite

Brumen, M., Čagran, B., & Rixon, S. (2005). Assessment of Young Learners’ Foreign Language in Slovenian Primary Schools. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 2(1-2), 167–184. https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.2.1-2.167-184

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1-2 (2005): English Language and Literature Studies in the Context of European Language Diversity

Section

English Language and Literature Teaching

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