How we Assess Languages at Walkley

Effective assessment practice in language learning should foster motivation, enjoyment and progress in learners. Assessment should support learners to feel confident and successful and help build resilience, enthusiasm and persistence in continuing to learn languages. Assessment should be embedded in the language learning process, respecting that language development includes making mistakes, whilst also establishing high expectations for individuals.

Spanish learning is captured through a combination of work in books and video evidence on the class website pages. Where learning is evidenced in books, remember tos will identify the key steps of learning in the lesson. Pupils will self-assess against these remember tos and staff will mark the pupils work indicating their agreement with the pupil’s own self-assessment. All learners should be able to describe their own progress in ways that can be fully understood by themselves. Initially, when learning new vocabulary, this will be evidenced in books, with children building a 'glossary' of new vocabulary. As units progress, this will develop into incorporating this new vocabulary into written and spoken sentences. Teachers will use observations of spoken language and contributions during group work and class activities to inform their teacher assessments. Quiz questions and games can be used to assess learning, recap and remind children of their new vocabulary.