The use of Plickers: as a formative assessment in English language education

In a big classroom, it is often hard for the educator to focus on every student. Educators also find difficulty to do analysis and follow up on the remedial program. Plickers can recognise the students’ responses depending on which way a student wears the Plickers ring because it is rotatable (with option A, B, C and D). The educator scans the room using the mobile device offline, the name of the student and the response for each question will be recorded on the screen of the smart device. A bar graph will appear so the educator can view the whole group data as well. The number of participates scanned is also provided to make certain that all students have responded. All responses will be analysed. It makes a good fun “flying in the air” assessment tool. It is a very reliable product for the future assessment programmes in education.