'Assessment for Learning' in UK Higher Education and its Implications for Foreign Language Teaching in China

摘要

In order to advance EFL students' all-round development and enhance life-long learning, changes to assessment practices in Chinese higher education need to be made. By learning from best practice in UK higher education institutions, Chinese universities should adopt and put more emphasis on Assessment for Learning (AfL), a process in which educators identify and diagnose student learning problems, and provide quality feedback to students on how to improve, instead of relying solely on summative techniques.