Abstract

So far, the National College Entrance Examination in China has been regarded as a standardized entrance exam for 53 years. It has become the main standard to judge a talent, which causes that the school, the society, the family and students have to pay more attention to test scores, instead of students’ comprehensive qualities. For most students, English is not their mother tongue. They are compelled to perform rote tasks of vocabulary and grammar learning, in order to get high scores in the examinations. In this way, students can’t learn the Western culture or master the native English knowledge effectively. It is not good for students to improve their their comprehensive abilities. In this essay, the current situation of the formative evaluation was analyzed with questionnaire. The reasons for advocating the formative evaluation were explained. Then, the application of formative evaluation was discussed from three aspects, they are the principles, means and methods of formative evaluation. At last, the application in listening, speaking, reading and writing was analyzed. 

Keywords: formative evaluation; middle school English teaching; the New 

          Curriculum Reform

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1 What is teaching evaluation?-2

2.2 What is formative evaluation?-3

2.3The comparison among three types of teaching evaluation-4

3. Brief Analysis of the Current Situation of the Formative Evaluation in Middle School English Teaching-5

4.The Reasons for Advocating the Formative Evaluation in the Middle School English teaching-9

5.Applications of Formative Evaluation in the Middle School English Teaching-11

5. 1The implementing principles of formative evaluation-11

5.2The means of formative evaluation-14

5.3The methods of formative evaluation-16

5.4 Brief analysis of the application of formative evaluation in listening, speaking, reading and writing.-18

6. Conclusion-19

Works Cited-21