The Importance of Continuous Assessment in Improving ESP Students’ Performance Case study : Industrial Maintenance Students at the National Institute for Vocational Training in Hassi Messaoud

Abstract

The study aims at exploring the importance of continuous assessment in improving ESP students’ performance; the study is conducted in the National Institute for Vocational Training in Hassi Messaoud, taking the case study of students of Industrial maintenance in the third and the fourth semester. In this study, we use descriptive research because it is the most appropriate one. The study describes the current situation of continuous assessment in Industrial Maintenance class; also we utilize quantitative approach for collecting data through questionnaire administered for students. All data obtained from the questionnaire are analyzed, interpreted and represented in form of figures and tables. In conclusion, we present some findings of the study; one of them is that the National Institute for Vocational Training uses different types of continuous assessment strategies such as recap exercises, oral and written tests which are commonly used while projects are never used. Also, the study reveals that tests are the most strategies used by teachers to assess students’ performance and their progress.