SOME APPROACHES TO ASSESSING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS IN STUDYING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The author of the article draws attention to a very important component of the educational process in a higher education institution: to the assessment of students’ achievements in learning a foreign language. The author emphasizes that learning a foreign language and assessing students’ success are inseparable and complement each other. The main idea of the research is that assessing students’ achievements should not interfere, but rather help improve language skills; it should be an incentive and a means of increasing motivation for further study of a foreign language, while being not only a control tool, but also a teaching tool. The author describes in detail some approaches to the assessment: teamwork, self-analysis and self-assessment by students of their achievements, independent preparation of assignments by students. The work determines prospects for research into the theoretical and practical aspects of the process of students’ achievements assessing at a university.