APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

Authors

  • Đoàn Quang Trung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56844/tckhnn.53.574

Keywords:

testing, assessment, English teaching and learning, discrete-point testing, integrative testing, assessment of communicative competence, Behaviorism, Unitary Trait Hypothesis

Abstract

The article presents a number of approaches to the assessment of English proficiency based on the development of theories on English competence as well as shifting sands of English teaching methods. The present article provides the description, examples and analysis of different assessment approaches with connection to English teaching and learning methods which are anchored in the theories of Behaviorism, Unitary Trait Hypothesis and Communicative Language Teaching.

Published

30-12-2024

How to Cite

Đoàn Quang Trung. (2024). APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. Journal of Foreign Language Studies, (53), 121–129. https://doi.org/10.56844/tckhnn.53.574