Assessment for Learning in Primary Language Learning and Teaching

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This book makes an important contribution to ongoing discussions of AfL as well as primary FL teaching and learning. The proposed view of AfL as an assessment spiral excellently reflects its solid theoretical and empirical underpinnings. Both researchers and practitioners will find this book highly valuable, as well as inspirational. * Jelena Mihaljevic Djigunovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia * Assessment for Learning has been much discussed but so far little practised with primary school aged learners of English as a foreign or second language. This study rigorously investigates the fitness for purpose of AfL for such learners. It also gives vivid evidence of the developing skills and perceptions of a set of teachers who were new to the approach but keen to try it. * Shelagh Rixon, University of Leicester, UK * This book combines in a consistent and pedagogical way conceptual reasoning with empirical evidence, and practical examples and suggestions for AfL with young learners. Its clarity, contextual awareness and, in particular, its emphasis on learner agency and the involvement of pupils in assessment processes, will undoubtedly make it a very useful resource in language teacher pre- and in-service education. * Gudrun Erickson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden * ...the book provides a rich and detailed research-based perspective on AfL, its implementation and its impact [...] it will be of value for researchers, teacher educators, and teachers, especially teachers undertaking post-graduate study or professional development and learning. -- Gwenna Finikin, Hokowhitu School, New Zealand * Language Teaching for Young Learners 4:2 (2022). *