Enhancing Classroom Assessment: Practical Insights into Turkish EFL Teachers’ Strengths and Challenges

This study aimed to investigate perceptions of Turkish in-service English teachers on their strengths and weaknesses as well as the possible sources for their challenges and their needs in foreign language (L2) assessment. For data management and analysis, MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 was employed. The findings of the study revealed that Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers possess a powerful sense of self-perception and confidence in their abilities to effectively ensure the reliability and validity of language assessments. Conversely, it was discovered that the teachers exhibited a perception of inadequacy and lack of proficiency in the rating procedure of L2 assessments, as well as in the design of tests and formulation of test items. The teachers attributed the origins of these issues to external factors and the education system. Keywords: Language Assessment, Testing, Evaluation, Perceptions, Strangths, Weaknesses