EFL Teachers Perception of Formative Assessment in Islamic Senior High School In Indonesia

Abstract

The formative assessment is the important point in teaching and learning process. The teachers need to measure the students‟ achievement in the classroom. Formative Assessment also serves the feedback from the students, so the teachers will realize how far students‟ development related to the materials that have been given by the teachers. This research aims to investigate the Islamic Senior High School teachers‟ perception and the implementation of Formative Assessment in the English Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. Qualitative research design is used in this research. Two experienced teachers from Islamic Senior High Schools in Bengkulu city and Sumatera Utara participated in this research. Semi Structured interview is used as the method in collecting the data. The result of this research shows that the participants have excellent understanding of formative assessment. There are several kinds of formative assessment that used by the teachers, such as: daily examination, quiz, asking question orally and the others. Teachers believe that this understanding will support the teachers‟ professionalism. Besides, formative assessment can help students to focus on the learning materials. In the practical setting, teachers use formative assessment in the classroom regularly.