Experience in final assessment of English language skills in adult learners
https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-151X-2025-15-1-92-102
Abstract
The present study considers the experience in final assessment of English language skills in adult learners (scientific researchers) which is performed within the staff training programs. The significance of this study is due to a necessity to find an optimum format to assess speaking skills in adult learners and to improve the quality of adult education.
The aim of the present work is to analyze the existing experience of final assessment of communicative competency formed in adult learners, shown on the example of an open air event “Going to a picnic” and to emphasize the advantages of the abovementioned format and possible challenges.
The results show that the open air format of control allows teachers to correctly assess the learners' ability to communicate in English, and the learners, in turn, are able to successfully demonstrate their achievements.
The present event recreates a real situation of communication in English, which solves the problem of language anxiety in adult learners and their non-acceptance of the situations which are connected with control, with all this increasing the learners' self-esteem and stimulating creativity and interest to the English language.
About the Authors
N. V. Mikhailenko
Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Mikhailenko, Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages
50, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036
Yu. O. Zharkova
Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia O. Zharkova, Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Personnel Training
50, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036
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Mikhailenko N.V., Zharkova Yu.O. Experience in final assessment of English language skills in adult learners. Proceedings of the Southwest State University. Series: Linguistics and Pedagogy. 2025;15(1):92-102. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-151X-2025-15-1-92-102
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