The assessment and testing in the classroom context concerning to the reading skills through the teachers perspective

La evaluación y prueba en el contexto del aula concerniente a la habilidad lectora a través de la perspectiva del profesor

Abstract

Introduction: The present article has as main objective to analyze some tests designed by teachers of English with the purpose of assessing the language learning outcomes of the reading skill based on the information and materials provided by Funiber (2019) in the subject “Assessment and Testing in the Classroom” and also based on the experiences as teachers and learners of English as a foreign language. Materials and methods: There are some methods to be considered and taken into account when this article is going to be done. Likewise, In teaching and learning process, to evaluate the students proficiency, ability, knowledge or background, the teachers use different and various techniques to measure or diagnose students ´proficiency or ability on the learning of a language. In order to have a minimums idea of strength and weakness of the students it is important to apply an assessment or testing to diagnose or measuring the student’s knowledge, ability and proficiency. Results and discussion: Within this, evaluation deals with syllabus objectives, course design, materials, methodology, teachers’ performance and assessment. Assessment involves measuring the performance of English learners (students) and the progress they are making, which helps teachers of English to be able to diagnose the problems students have to provide them with useful feedback whereas, testing deals with formal assessment. Conclusions: The discourse indent to be based on the explanation of Evaluation, assessment and testing on the designing of test samples.