Improving Foreign Language Speaking through Formative Assessment

Want a quick way to get your students happily conversing more in the target language? This practical book shows you how to use formative assessments to gain immediate and lasting improvement in your students’ fluency.

You’ll learn how to:

• Imbed the 3-minute formative assessment into every lesson with ease
• Engage students in peer formative assessment successfully
• Teach students to give each other formative feedback
• Help struggling students make significant gains
• Create and coach small groups for differentiated speaking practice
• Assist students in incorporating current grammar lesson into meaningful conversations
• Analyze your own use of language in the classroom to avoid vague feedback that can stifle student conversations
• Grade oral improvement positively

Research has confirmed that when teachers use formative assessment, students can learn in six to seven months what would normally take a school year to learn. You’ll find yourself using this book every day because of the gains your students will achieve in foreign language fluency.