Comment conjuger l'attention à la forme et à l'effet communicatif dans l'évaluation des compétences orales

The three most common evaluation criteria are validity, reliability and transparency. In the last two decades, with communicative and task based approaches as mainstream language teaching methodologies, emphasis is not only laid on transparency and reliability, but also on validity, aiming at assessments in authentic communicative contexts in which not only knowledge, but also skills and attitudes are required. However, evaluation grids of performance assessment of language competence in combination with a focus on form are rare, because most templates are based on and limited to the Common Framework of European Reference for Languages (CEFR(L)), which in our analysis turn out to be too rigid when assessing both communicative output and focus on form. Therefore, after presenting briefly the state of the art on performance assessment in general and the objectives and demands of current language teaching and based on the analysis of our corps of assessment templates, we will propose flexible criteria and templates for a communicative assessment of oral language skills, allowing us to adapt the assessment to the objectives and demands of each language course without losing sight of transparency, validity, reliability and user-friendliness.status: publishe