EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices of Alternative Assessment Strategies and Their Relationship with Teacher Reflection

Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice

دوره 15، شماره 30، آذر 2022، صفحه 266-290   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/jal.2022.697012

نویسندگان

Mostafa Naraghizadeh؛ Faramarz Azizmalayeri^* ؛ Hamidreza Khalaji

Department of English Language Teaching, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran

چکیده

Formative Assessment plays a significant role in classrooms in understanding how students progress in their learning activities. The attitudes of teachers towards application of Alternative Assessment (AA) strategies in English language classroom are considered important as they can affect the teachers’ overall performance in the classroom. The aim of the current study was to examine EFL teachers’ perceptions regarding alternative assessment strategies and their relationship while correlated with teacher reflections and perceptions. In order to conduct this study, a mixed-methods design was adopted. The participants who attended the quantitative and qualitative phases were 81 students and 30 EFL teachers, respectively. In order to collect the research data, two research instruments were used: the teacher reflection questionnaire (Akbari et al., 2010) and the teachers’ perceptions of alternative assessment questionnaire (Elharrar, 2006). The Pearson correlation coefficient statistical test was run for the quantitative data, and the data of the qualitative nature was processed through content-analysis procedure. The findings from the qualitative data were presented using frequency and percentage. Further discussions were provided using the findings from the quantitative data analysis. The results from this phase of analysis illustrated that there was a significant positive relationship between EFL teachers’ reflection and their experience of implementing alternative assessment strategies. The findings of this study may render implications for EFL teachers, teacher trainers, and the assessment administrates.

کلیدواژه‌ها

assessment؛ reflection؛ alternative assessment؛ formative assessment؛ traditional assessment

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