An Exploration into the Formative Assessment of English Teaching in Higher Education (Published)
Teaching evaluation is not only an important way to obtain the teaching feedback for teachers，but also the effective method to improve the learning method for students．Formative assessment result is helpful for students’ learning and for teachers’ teaching quality enhancement. In this paper，the concept and advantages of formative assessment are introduced，and the necessity and principles of formative assessment of English teaching in higher education are explained and its strategies are discussed．
Keywords: English teaching, Formative assessment, higher vocational colleges