Implementing Authentic Assessment in EFL Classroom to Prepare Pre-Service Teachers for Curriculum 2013

Abstract

This article aimed at the role of Authentic Assessment in Implementing In EFL Classroom To Prepare Pre-Service Teachers For Curriculum 2013. Authentic Assessment is a unit that will be the point of discussion in this article. How Authentic Assessment has big influences for understanding and perception of the prospective teacher. Authentic Assessment is an important thing that prospective teacher should understand. This study involves 10 respondents who were students of the 5th semester of English Language Education Program at Universitas Ibn Khaldun. The purpose of this study is to help prospective teacher understanding and prepare about Authentic Assessment. To collect the data the researchers follow some stages, namely filling out the questionnaires, interview, and observation. From the qualitative method, the researcher reported that the respondents’ responses are very diverse. The research findings showed that mostly they do not understand enough what Authentic Assessment is.