Junior High School Teachers’ Perceptions of Classroom-based Language Assessment

This study aims to investigate junior high school teachers’ perceptions of classroom language assessment in terms of the importance of assessment criteria, the utilization of assessment methods, and the difficulties in assessment following the introduction of the new Course of Study in 2021, and to compare the surveyed junior high school teachers’ perceptions with those of the elementary school teachers investigated in Fukazawa (2022). The results show that the assessment criteria, such as speaking interaction and students’ ability to think, make judgments, and expressing themselves, emphasized in the new national guidelines, are considered important by JHS teachers. Written and performance tests were the two language assessment methods most commonly used in junior high school, while observation was the most commonly used assessment method in elementary school. Enhancement of language assessment literacy and filling of the gap between elementary and junior high schools are suggested as the implications of this study.本論文は「九州地区国立大学教育系・文系研究論文集」Vol.9, No.1(2022年/10月）に査読を経て受理された