‘… offers a practical and insightful approach to assessment and feedback in language education, grounded in scientific research.’ Qiyu Sun, Educational Review
Introduction; Part I. Basic Concepts of Assessment and Feedback in the Foreign Language Classroom: 1. Feedback in everyday life and in foreign language education; 2. Different forms of assessment and feedback in language teaching and learning; 3. Evidence-based or at least science-oriented research: feedback models; 4. The evolution of education and foreign language teaching as prerequisite of feedback; Part II. Assessment and Feedback in its Different Manifestations: 5. How to implement successful feedback in foreign language education; 6. Involving the learners in important decisions; 7. Feedback is no one-way street: teachers and learners; 8. Peer feedback needs to be learned; 9. Self-assessment: taking responsibility for one's actions; 10. Collegial feedback strengthens language teaching and learning; 11. What about electronic assessment and feedback?; 12. Remote and hybrid teaching and learning: the new normal?; Part III. Summative Assessment in Combination with Formative Feedback: 13. From B. Bloom's taxonomy to the SOLO-Taxonomy; 14. How to combine summative assessment with formative feedback; 15. State requirements for assessment and feedback in foreign language teaching; 16. What teachers can and should do about assessment and feedback; Glossary; References.