ISSUES AND

CONCERNS IN
LANGUAGE
ASSESSMENT
FAFA
YAYA
JIIJII
JAJA
NINI
 EXAM-ORIENTED

• Only want to find the correct answers

LACK OF
CRITICAL • Do not want to explore more on knowledge
THINKING

• Only based on memorization

DO NOT
DEMONSTRATE • Rote learning
SKILLS
 • Stress
• High expectations form parents, school and teachers
• Study for the purpose of scoring in examination and not
Pressure on
pupils for gaining knowledge
 COGNITIVE LEVEL OF
ASSESSMENT

Use 6 levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy to create questions

• Difficult to generate questions
• Pupils only able to answer questions at the lower level of Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Lack of time to assess accordingly to each level
• Does not promote in depth assessment due to lack of time to teach