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Explainauthenticassessmentand
describeanauthenticassessmenttaskthatyouwoulduseinajuniorprimarylanguageclass
tomonitororallanguagecapabilities.(250words)
Authenticassessmentrequiresstudentstoapplyskillsandknowledgeinmeaningfulcontext.
Authenticassessmentisaperformancebasedtaskwherestudentsneedtousetheir
knowledgeandskillsinarealworldlikesituation.Thistypeoflearningwillenablestudents
tobecomeindependentlearners,problemsolversandgooddecisionmakers.Authentictasks
allowstudentstodevelopsocially,andcanhelpmotivateanddeveloptheirmetacognition.
ThewayinwhichIwoulduseanauthenticassessmentinajuniorprimarylanguageclassto
monitororallanguagecapabilitiesisthroughtheuseofstorytelling.Teachersshouldchoose
anageappropriatestoryforthestudents,anexampleforaprimaryclassroomcouldbe
Tiddalickthefrog.Teacherscouldgetstudentstoreadapagefromthebooktodevelop
inclusivityintheclassroom.Thenafterreadingandmonitoringstudentsunderstandingofthe
bookandcharacters,theteachercouldgetthestudentstodrawandcreateacollageofnative
animalsfromthestoryofTiddalickthefrogandattheendofclasstheycouldtellwhythey
chosethoseanimals.Theywouldbeaskedtogivetheiropiniononthemoralofthestoryand
makeareallifeconnectiontoit.Theycoulddescribehowthemoralofthestorymirrors
somethingintherealworldthattheycanlearnanddevelopfrom.