Authentic Assessment in Language Skills Learning

Abstract

The 2013 curriculum affirms that formal learning must be student-centred, conducted with a scientific approach, and apply authentic assessment using the principle of assessment of learning that can assess the readiness, process, and learning outcomes of learners as a whole. Authentic assessment as an assessment model is believed to be able to measure the learning success of learners from the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor realms. The problem in this study is 1) how to apply authentic assessment in the learning of language skills; 2) what are the forms of authentic assessment used in learning language skills?; and 3) how is the effectiveness of authentic assessments in improving learners' language skills?. The research method used is library research (literature study) from 25 journals and proceedings on authentic assessment in language learning from 2009-2021. The results in this study are 1) in general teachers do not understand and apply authentic assessment in language learning, 2) the most dominant form of authentic assessment used by teachers is performance assessment and portfolio assessment, 3) effective authentic assessment in language learning.