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The roles of formative assessment in English language classroom

Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

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Main Authors: Nazifah, Hamidun, Nur Farhinaa, Othman
Other Authors: nazifahhamidun@unimap.edu.my
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2014
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Formative assessment
Writing
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spelling my.unimap-346262014-05-22T04:41:58Z The roles of formative assessment in English language classroom Nazifah, Hamidun Nur Farhinaa, Othman nazifahhamidun@unimap.edu.my nurfarhinaa@unimap.edu.my Formative assessment Writing Feedback Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. This paper aims to explore the roles of formative assessment in the classroom which involved the tertiary level’s students at one of the technical universities. Formative assessment is crucial to enhance the students’ performance in the classroom. Nevertheless, the instructors need to know the types of assessment which are appropriate to be incorporated to their students effectively. They should monitor the students’ level of proficiency prior to provide feedback to the students in order to ensure that the students are able to maximize the feedback given. This qualitative study was drawn from interviews and observation students’ report writing. The results revealed that incorporating formative assessment gave a powerful impact on students’ achievement especially in writing task. The fruitful feedback provided by the instructors on the using the Transitional words had helped the students a lot in term of their writing. 2014-05-22T04:41:58Z 2014-05-22T04:41:58Z 2014-02 Working Paper http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34626 en Proceeding of Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 14);2014 Universiti Malaysia Perlis Centre of International Languages
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topic Formative assessment
Writing
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spellingShingle Formative assessment
Writing
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Nazifah, Hamidun
Nur Farhinaa, Othman
The roles of formative assessment in English language classroom
description Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
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Nur Farhinaa, Othman
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Nur Farhinaa, Othman
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title The roles of formative assessment in English language classroom
title_short The roles of formative assessment in English language classroom
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publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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