Language Assessment

Language Assessment

assessment: [ ə'sesmənt ]
n. 估价,评估

1. Continuous assessment is made of all students' work.
对全体学生的功课作出连贯性的评定。
  
2. It was a shrewd assessment and probably pretty close to the truth.
这个评估很有道理，可能相当正确。
  
3. His assessment of the situation was spot-on.
他对形势判断得很正确.

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How do you measure a students’ learning? and is that the same measure of their success?

measure: [ 'meʒə ]
n. 措施,办法,量度,尺寸
v. 测量,量
[过去式measured 过去分词measured 现在分词measuring 名词measurer]

1. The government has promised to take measures to help the unemployed.
政府已答应采取措施来帮助失业者。
  
2. An hour is a measure of time.
小时是时间的一个量度单位。
  
3. He measured the length of the room.
他量了房间的长度。
 

drastic measures
Definition:

(expr.) a lot of effort; a lot of trouble
Examples:


I had to take drastic measures to get a parking space during the Christmas shopping rush.


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My students have improved immensely over the last three months, in all four facets of the language: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

immensely: [ i'mensli ]
ad. 极大地,无限地

1. The acrobatic troupe livened the garden party up immensely.
杂技团的表演使游园会大为活跃。
  
2. I enjoyed it immensely.
我非常喜爱它。
  
3. Some elder people enjoy Beijing opera immensely.
有些上了年纪的人非常喜爱京剧。



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in all four facets of the language: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

facet: [ 'fæsit ]
n. 小平面,方面,刻面
[形容词faceted]

1. Glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of contact which Nature provides.
所有的愉快和美感方面的天福，世界通过自然提供的几种接触方式将它展露给你。
  
2. A flat facet cut across the top of a precious stone.
切平面在一颗宝石的顶部切出的平面
  
3. They beat us in every facet of the game.
他们在比赛的每个小层面都打败了我们。
 


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I find myself leaning towards the third answer.

lean: [ li:n ]
n. 瘦肉,倾斜,弯曲
a. 瘦的,贫乏的,歉收的
v. 倚靠,倾斜,依赖
[名词leanness]

1. The trees leant in the wind.
树在风中倾斜。
  
2. The little girl only eats lean pork.
这个小女孩只吃瘦肉。
  
3. He leant on the back of the sofa.
他斜靠在沙发的背上。
 

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They do not evaluate listing and speaking skills.

evaluate: [ i'væljueit ]
v. 评估,评价
[过去式evaluated 过去分词evaluated 现在分词evaluating 名词evaluation 形容词evaluative]

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At the same time, the people that my students interact with (there bosses, for example) are most likely judging their language ability on their speaking and listening skills.

interact: [ ,intər'ækt ]
v. 相互作用,相互影响

judge: [ dʒʌdʒ ]
n. 法官
v. 裁决,判断,审判
vt. 断定,判断
[过去式judged 过去分词judged 现在分词judging]


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entry: [ 'entri ]
n. 进入,入口,登记
[复数entries]

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1. How many entries are there for the high jump?
报名参加跳高比赛的有多少人？
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2. This dictionary has over 30000 entries.
这本字典有3 万多词条。
dict.cn
3. Type or print your entry form.
填写或打印参赛表格。