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Question1: What’s the difference between formative assessment and summative assessment? What activities developed in your school belong to formative assessment, and what belong to summative assessment? What information can teachers and students obtain through formative assessment?

Answer:

1) Formative assessment is carried out during the learning process while summative assessment is carried out at the end of a semester; the aim of formative assessment is to examine the application of the knowledge while summative assessment is to assess how well the objectives of teaching and learning are achieved after a comparatively complete teaching stage; formative assessment focuses on students’ learning behaviour and ability development while summative assessment focuses on the teaching objective achievement. 2) Activities of formative assessment: evaluative tests, rating scale, classroom observation, learning documentation and portfolio; activities of summative assessment: mid-term exam, final exam, portfolio, elaboration, performance and poster-making. 3) Formative assessment can help teachers have certain idea of students’ development of language competence, emotional attitudes, and awareness of culture and strategy through their accomplishment of real tasks.

Question2: Please design a reading test question using the following material. The ability to understand details should be tested. Sam and Joe were astronauts. There Was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive (活着). Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. “We’re the best men for the job,” they said to the boss. “There may be problems, but we can find the answers.” “They’re the last people I’d trust,” thought the boss. “But all the other astronauts have refused to go.” Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, “Who’s there?” “It’s me! Who else could it be?” shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!

Answer:

Questions can go like this: 1) What’s the profession of am and Joe? 2) Why did they go on the trip since it was dangerous? 3) Why did the boss let them go? 4) Why did Joe go outside the space ship? 5) How did he finally get himself into the spaceship?