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GLOSAS DIDÁCTICAS<br />
ISSN: 1576-7809<br />
Nº 16, INVIERNO 2007<br />
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REVISTTA ELLECTTRÓNI ICA INTTERNACI<br />
I IONALL<br />
ISSN I 11557766- -77880099<br />
EVALUATING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION<br />
Plácido Bazo<br />
University of La Laguna<br />
p<strong>la</strong>cido@bazoypenate.com<br />
Marcos Peñate<br />
University of Las Palmas<br />
marcos@bazoypenate.com<br />
PALABRAS CLAVE. Evaluación, <strong>me</strong>dición, ingles como lengua extranjera, jóvenes<br />
aprendices<br />
RESUMEN. En este artículo queremos dar una pa<strong>no</strong>rámica de <strong>la</strong> evaluación d<strong>el</strong> inglés en<br />
primaria, analizando los principios de <strong>la</strong> evaluación, as como <strong>el</strong> deber d<strong>el</strong> análisis y <strong>la</strong><br />
ob<strong>se</strong>rvación de <strong>la</strong> fa<strong>se</strong> de evaluación por <strong>la</strong> parte d<strong>el</strong> profesorado. Se analiza <strong>la</strong> posibilidad de<br />
<strong>la</strong> autoevaluación y <strong>se</strong> <strong>ha</strong>ce un análisis de cómo influye <strong>el</strong> Marco Común Europeo en <strong>la</strong><br />
evaluación de <strong>la</strong>s capacidades de los niños y niñas de primaria.<br />
KEY WORDS. Evaluation, testing, English as a Foreign Language, young learners<br />
SUMMARY. In this article we analyze the evaluation process of English in Primary Education.<br />
We analy<strong>se</strong> the principles of evaluation as w<strong>el</strong>l as the duty of the teachers to analyze and<br />
ob<strong>se</strong>rve the evaluation process. We also deal with the influence the European Fra<strong>me</strong>work <strong>ha</strong>s<br />
in the evaluation of the capacities of boys and girls in Primary<br />
Principles of evaluation<br />
Evaluation is a tool for analysing the effectiveness of the educational curriculum and for<br />
effecting c<strong>ha</strong>nge within all lev<strong>el</strong>s. Focusing on the performance of pupils alone does <strong>no</strong>t t<strong>el</strong>l us<br />
why a teaching procedure is or isn’t working. We need to evaluate the whole teaching-learning<br />
context in all its aspects in order to improve on the proces<strong>se</strong>s (for example, the types of<br />
materials, the teaching <strong>me</strong>thods, the involve<strong>me</strong>nt of the individual learner, the interaction<br />
between children, and the interaction between the c<strong>la</strong>ss and the teacher) which lead to<br />
successful teaching and learning.<br />
In Primary, evaluation <strong>ha</strong>s to be integrated in the curriculum. It <strong>ha</strong>s to be also under the<br />
para<strong>me</strong>ters of the formative evaluation paradigm and we must <strong>no</strong>t forget t<strong>ha</strong>t evaluation is a<br />
tool for teachers as w<strong>el</strong>l as an instru<strong>me</strong>nt t<strong>ha</strong>t h<strong>el</strong>ps our pupils to construct the new k<strong>no</strong>wledge<br />
they identify as “the English <strong>la</strong>nguage”.<br />
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