A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Abstract

Abstract

A performance assessment is one which entails learners to show that they have mastered specific skills and competencies by performing or producing something. Performance- based assessment in language learning raises from the observation that mastering the grammar and lexicon of a language is not adequate for using a language to attain ends in social situations. The setting of language use is observed in more complex and realistic than discrete skills assessments and require the integration of social knowledge of the formal elements of language. To address the issues of performance assessment in language learning, this paper will analyze the application of performance- based assessment in terms of its link and relationship in language learnin.

Keywords:Performance-based Assessment,Language Learning