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learned about the language (Brown & Abeywickrama, 2018). For example,
if teachers wish to assess their students' writing abilities, they must ask
them to write. LLA tracks and evaluates student's language learning
progress and achievement.
Assessment encompasses events, instruments, procedures, and
decisions (Cheng & Fox, 2017; Taylor & Nolen, 2008). The assessment as
events refers to teachers' strategies to support students when organizing
assessment activities, such as the frequency of activities to ensure
instruction success. Next, assessment tools are instruments to gather
evidence of students' learning. The selection of inappropriate assessment
tools will impact the assessment results and their interpretation, so
assessment tools are crucial. In contrast, assessment processes refer to how
instructors, as members of a learning community, help students improve
their understanding through feedback and scaffolding.
Additionally, feedback assists students in enhancing their learning
process. Teachers facilitate student learning by providing accurate
grades/scores reflecting students' learning. In brief, implementing a
planned assessment with an appropriate instrument will yield information
on previous student learning outcomes that can be used to decide whether
to provide references to student learning outcomes or feedback for further
improvement.
However, assessment should be considered an integral component
of instruction and learning (Berry, 2008). Because it assists students in
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