CHAPTER REPORT

LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT COURSE

NAME : FAUZIA AZZAHRA

NIM : 202122048
CLASS :B
CHAPTER/TITLE : CHAPTER 5 / Who Are We Assessing? Placement, Needs Analysis and
Diagnostics
DATE : 18th of October 2022

No. SUB TOPIC DESCRIPTION

5.1. Which Assessment Tools Can
Help Us to Get to Know Our
Students? Why is This
Important?
Teachers must recognize students’ learning
goals, the unique and varied cognitive, cultural,
educational and emotional differences of our
students to determine approaches and practices
that can help us better understanding students’
learning. There are several assessment strategies
to get to know students, such as placement
tests, needs analysis, and diagnostic assessment.

5.2. At the Beginning: Getting to Placement assessment is useful in grouping

Know Who Our Students Are students according to course level. The
and How Best to Help Them placement test can be form in written or spoken.
Learn : The placement test results are usually according
5.2.1 Assessment for to the test results of other students who take the
Placement same course and all students' scores who take
the same program. In placement test is more
suitable with the criterion-referenced results
because it refers to other students' scores.
5.2.2 Needs Analysis Needs analysis is very much needed before
starting the course because it aims to get
information about individuals in the class to
determine course design and make decision what
course activities will be carried out in class. To
gathering Information of needs analysis, we have
to know the situation in which a language will be
used (including who it will be used with); the
objectives and purposes for which the language
is needed; the types of communication that will
be used (e.g spoken, written, formal, informal);
and the level of profiency that will be required.
To get information about needs analysis can be
through document analysis, tests, observations,
interviews, questionnaires, or meetings which
include five core questions, namely problems,
priorities, abilities, attitudes, and solutions.

5.2.3 Diagnostic Assessment In diagnostic assessment is an assessment

practice to measure specific capabilities that are
related to target or intended competencies,
skills, or abilities. Diagnostic assessment is
designed to address an individual's weaknesses
and strengths through classroom activity, for
example measuring pronunciation or speaking
fluency in a conversational class where students
are tested for their pronunciation deficiencies or
strengths, as well as their fluency.