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„Аутентичност“ и „контекст“ у задацима за евалуацију знања ученика у настави страних језика
Authenticity And Context In Students Assessment Tasks

Author(s): Danijela Ljubojević
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: Authenticity; context; evaluation; constructivism; authentic assessment;

Summary/Abstract: Preparing assessment tasks is a very demanding job; it requires that many aspects be considered in order to make objective, valid and reliable evaluations. The aim of this paper is to draw the attention of test makers to the importance of two of these aspects: authenticity and context of tasks so that tasks can better resemble real-life language situations. Authenticity includes both using authentic materials of native speakers and creating real-life language situations. This paper shows the intertwined nature of these aspects in developing authentic assessment. A contextualized task is a task characterized by a particular situation and the verbal, paralinguistic and non-verbal signs that help speakers understand the full meaning of a speaker’s utterances.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 365-379
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian