초등영어 성취도평가 체제구성 방안

A working model of the achievement test system of elementary English

In this paper, the researcher attempts to suggest a working model of the achievement test system of elementary English, which teachers can hopefully use or adjust autonomously for their own assessment purposes. For this, a thorough analysis of the achievement standards specified in the national curriculum was made by the current researcher and a group of 4 highly experienced primary English teachers. Furthermore, a purposeful integration of the key objectives of achievement standards of the national curriculum and the core characteristics of language communication and practical constraints involved in the current elementary English teaching settings was made. As a result, 6 assessment targets were deduced from the integration, which included interest & confidence, understanding of meaning, delivery of meaning, accuracy of word & grammar use, fluency in understanding and delivery, and task completion. Taking relevant theoretical discussions into account, both a task-specific achievement standard-based assessment scheme and a descriptive assessment scheme were developed for testing of listening, speaking, reading and writing of elementary English. The hope is that teachers can make the best use of the suggested assessment scheme, adjusting it in a variety of ways as they need.