形成性评估弥补了终结性评估作为检验教学成果的一个重要手段却无法评估大学英语教学过程这一不足。通过形成性评估可以培养学生的英语自主学习能力。探讨利用形成性评估激励艺体类学生学习,帮助他们有效调控自己的学习过程,从而提高他们的英语自主学习能力,具有重要的现实意义。 Formative assessment makes up for the termination of assessment as an important means to test the teaching results but can not assess the inadequacies of the process of college English teaching. Through formative assessment can cultivate students’ self-learning ability of English. It is of great practical significance to explore the use of formative assessment to motivate art body students to learn and help them effectively regulate their own learning process so as to improve their English learning ability.