LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:12 December 2019
ISSN 1930-2940

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Blending Formative and Summative Assessments in
Hybrid Course on ESP

Dr. Radhika Bansal and Anand Prakash Pathak

Abstract

The recent era in the field of education has been quite revolutionary in terms of the advent of new education paradigms that use Hybrid, Blended & Online learning (HBO) modalities. The base of this transformation in the pedagogical approach is to make the teaching-learning process more learner-centric. As English Language Learners as well as the teachers were familiarized with Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) way back in 60’s, the arrival of non-conventional methods of delivery and assessment techniques is not a surprise to English for Specific Purpose (ESP) teachers. However, developing the understanding of assessment and assessment strategies is challenging for both the learner and the instructor. Along with the blend in the modes and methods of delivery, the blend of summative and formative assessment techniques definitely aims at a more conducive, goal/result oriented and self-regulatory impactful learning.

This paper aims to study the responses of students on SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic & Time bound) assessment methods used which is blending Formative and Summative assessment techniques while starting the assessment process with a Diagnostic survey. This action-based research paper is supported by a self-designed and administered quantitative research conducted on 200 MBA Semester-I students to study the responses of the said group of students who are exposed to blended assessment (formative & Summative) in their first semester Business Communication course. It is analyzed through the data collected in a survey that this group of students appreciate blended assessment (both Formative & Summative) in comparison to only summative assessment that takes place in the middle and end of the semester in a conventional ESP classroom.

Keywords: English for Specific Purpose, Formative, Summative, Assessment, Hybrid, Blended & Online Learning

Introduction

In academics, assessment is the pivotal point around which the whole teaching process revolves. In addition to the correct pedagogical approach, unless the right assessment tools are used to achieve the learning outcomes, teaching-learning process is mere a myth. The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines Assessment as, “the action or an instance of making a judgment about something” to elaborate the word assessment can be defined as a systematic way, which is used to study someone or something on pre-defined parameters in order to achieve improvement in certain area. Hence, assessment is a methodical way of acquiring, reviewing and using information about someone or something, to make improvement where necessary. The term is interpreted in a variety of ways, i.e. educational, psychological, financial, taxation, human resource and so on. (S, 2017)

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Radhika

Dr. Radhika Bansal
Associate Professor
rbansal@ddn.upes.ac.in

AnandPrakash

Anand Prakash Pathak
Assistant Professor (SG)
appathak@ddn.upes.ac.in

Department of Humanities
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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