Research On Effective Standardized Feedback As Individual Formative Assessment For Interpreting Learners

Formative assessment could be adopted in English teaching and this conclusion has been supported by researchers both at home and abroad.Currently,a number of scholars have confirmed the positive effect of applying formative assessment in interpreting teaching.However,since the core of formative assessment comprises the determination of the gap between the actual state of performance and the desired state of performance,as well as individuals' engagement in efforts to close the gap,it would be time-consuming to conduct formative assessment for each student at class.But,as students themselves can also be the subject of assessment,it is assumed that if students are helped to know their current performance and desired performance and then close the gap between the two,the effect of formative assessment would be exerted as well.Besides,since the command of the interpreting skill largely depends on learners' own practice,so self-assessment should be mastered by learners.However,up to now,in the field of interpreting assessment and evaluation,few domestic scholars have given a.systematic description on the theory framework and the application of interpreting self-assessment,so this article will try to provide a theory model of it.According to the model of feedback(Hattie&Timperley,2007:86-87),when students' interpreting competence and cognition haven't reached the advanced level,they still need to be provided with effective feedback to assess their own performance.As for interpreting learners,exemplars and assessment sheets are such two forms of self-feedback.In this research,experiment will be designed to discuss the effectiveness of these two forms,besides,interviews will be conducted and data would be analyzed to justify the interpreting self-assessment model.The result shows that combining the use of exemplars and assessment sheets is most effective,since using these two is most in line with the interpreting self-assessment model.Hopefully interpreting learners and teachers would find this research helpful and some supplement would possibly be added in the field of interpreting assessment and evaluation.