Abstract:
TheabilitytoassessspeakinginEnglishlanguageteachingisveryimportant
for English teachers because as one of language productive skills' speaking
cannot be assessed directly and objectively by unqualified and inexperienced
English reachers. This is in line with the reachers and lecturers law No- 14,
2005whichStatesthatoneofmaindutiesofprofessionalteachersis
assessment' Therefore' this paper seems to be useful to improve their
knowledgeandunderstandinginassessmenttoavoidandreducetheir
subjectivity in assessing this pioductive skill. This paper also desc;ibes holv
toassessspeakingskill,definitionsofassessment'speaking'measurement'
evaluation and tJst, characteristics of assessment and measurement, the
ditterence between traditional assessment and alternative assessment'
Besicles, several purposes of assessment are also described in the paper to
improve teachers' insight in this topic
