Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

4 What are the challenges to effective assessment in MFL?

There are a number of challenges to assessing progress in language learning, particularly how to assess the different aspects of language learning in a classroom context, how to record assessment and the role of target language in assessment. This section will help you think further about some of these aspects of assessment.

Reflection point

Which aspects of language learning do you find most difficult to assess?

Can you think of any reasons for this?