Supervision and Appraisal of Foreign Language Teachers’ Performance

摘要

Teaching is not only a systemic and learning-oriented action but also the core of teachers’ professional assessment. Thus, the problem statement of our study was to analyse the relations Foreign Language Teachers established between teaching, supervision and appraisal of professional performance through classroom observation.Through qualitative research, the prevailing supervisive perspective of teaching Foreign Languages, based on continuing professional development, reflective practices and peer relationship, proved the importance of both innovative teaching practices and a continuing assessment of performance over the two legally-imposed formal moments of classroom observation per evaluation cycle, at the time this research was conducted.