Assessment for learning: two case studies in Vietnam

Our next meeting: Sunday, 29th November 2015 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Location: Aichi University (Toyohashi Campus) Building 5, Room 541.

Speaker: Hà Phạm Việt (JALT Four Corners speaker)

For years, the focus of assessment in Vietnam has been on the results of learning. It often comes in the form of tests designed to measure how much the students know from what they have been taught, not what they can do with the language they have learned.

This presentation explains how two forms of assessment for learning, namely project-based and learning portfolio assessment were adopted for two groups of learners (primary school and high school students) in two different teaching contexts in Vietnam (rural and urban). These studies show that assessment for learning, when appropriately designed and locally adapted, can be used successfully, even in low-resourced contexts.

Ms. Pham is Director of Studies for Oxford English Academy in Vietnam. She has an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne.

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