ASSESSING SPEAKING SKILL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

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