%0 Journal Article 
%T Contrast between alternative assessment policies at a bilingual school vs EFL classroom reality : how can alternative assessment for young EFL learners as a pedagogical practice match the evaluative proposal in a bilingual private school in Colombia?
%D 2021
%U http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/91937
%X This research project aimed to conclude how teachers’ practice of Alternative Assessment for young EFL learners can align with the evaluative proposal of a bilingual private school in Colombia. In addition, it aimed to explore the teachers’ perceptions and experiences implementing Dynamic Assessment with young EFL students. The data for this qualitative grounded theory study was collected through online questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observations of the 16 teacher 
participants. There were two other participants who represented the institution, and they were interviewed in order to assess the School’s proposals and expectations. 
The data collected was analyzed with computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software, NVivo, and subjected to the three levels of analysis adopted from Urquhart (2013). The findings indicated that (a) primary EFL teachers in this institution have positive perceptions and experiences of their implementation of Dynamic Assessment as an Alternative Assessment approach to evaluation. (b) There is a partial alignment of the teachers’ practice of Alternative Assessment and the proposal of the institution, therefore, more training is required for new teachers to ensure that the School’s proposal is met by all the primary teachers. (c) Teachers are aware of the need to have more frequent and differentiated training sections to successfully carry out the school’s innovative assessment proposal.

%K EFL
%K Alternative assessment
%K Traditional assessment
%K Dynamic assessment
%K Aprendizaje del inglés
%K Lingüística
%K Idiomas extranjeros
%K Inglés - Enseñanza
%K Tésis
%K Maestría en la Enseñanza del Inglés
%K Departamento de Idiomas
%~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN