Formative Assessment and Its Strategies in College English Teaching

Formative assessment provides feedbacks to teachers and students throughout the course of study,which can be used to adapt teaching and learning to the students needs and achievement enhancement.This paper first makes a literature review of formative assessment about its concept and value.Then strategies of formative assessment are discussed.Conclusions suggest that in College English Teaching,successful formative assessments produce significant learning gains and help students become effective autonomous learners.