This paper aims to explore the shared features of effective professional development
programmes for improving teachers' assessment literacy (AL). On the basis of the literature …

Given the exponential growth in the popularity of early foreign language programs, coupled
with an emphasis of evidence-based instruction, assessing young learners'(YLs) foreign …

Lately, researchers have expressed their concern for EFL students' poor writing performance
and exam failure. They have indicated that peer assessment (PA) can be successfully …

Classroom-based assessment (CBA) is an approach for learning improvement that has
been advocated as having strong potential in enhancing learner autonomy of young …

Writing in a foreign language is a particularly difficult skill to develop, especially when young
learners are concerned because they are parallelly learning to write in their L1 and do not …

In US K-12 schools, adequate education of English language learner (EL) students,
particularly to support their attainment of English language and literacy skills, has attracted …

This volume provides a detailed account of the practical use of Assessment for Learning
(AfL) in primary language classrooms. It gives an in-depth account of the ways in which eight …

Background. Language classes organized for adult refugees and migrants are
heterogeneous. Students in these educational settings differ across a number of various …

The growth in the use of accountability systems and the influence of frameworks in Europe
and beyond have increased the importance placed on various stakeholders to deliver high …

There is limited understanding of the general pedagogical knowledge (GPK) of early
childhood education (ECE) teachers who teach English as a foreign language (EFL). This …