作为重要的教育评价理论,形成性评价是基于学生学习全方位不间断地观察、记录和反思作出的发展型评价。在初中英语教学活动中推广形成性评价的目的是“激励学生学习,帮助学生有效调控自己的学习过程,使学生获得成就感,增强自信心,培养合作精神”。形成性评价使学生“从被动接受评价转变成为评价的主体和积极参与者”。本文对形成性评价方法进行了简单介绍,并就如何在初中英语教学活动中善用形成性评价,有效提高中学生英语学习的自觉性进行了阐述。 As an important theory of educational evaluation, formative evaluation is based on the developmental evaluation made by students in all-round and uninterrupted observation, recording and reflection. The purpose of promoting formative assessment in junior high school English teaching activities is to “motivate students to learn, to help students effectively regulate their own learning process so that students can gain a sense of accomplishment, enhance self-confidence and cultivate a spirit of cooperation.” Formative assessment enables students to “change from passive acceptance assessment to subject and active participant”. This article gives a brief introduction to the method of formative assessment and elaborates on how to make good use of formative evaluation in junior high school English teaching activities and effectively improve the students’ English learning consciousness.