2023 Volume 94 Pages 32-40
This study aimed to identify the issues involved in conducting assessment with communities of practice as units in learning to read. Additionally, it explored, the conditions for the formation of communities of practice in learning to read.
First, the educational significance of assessment with communities of practice as units was examined. The results revealed its significance, in that it supported the development of the sociocultural aspects of learning.
Second, two challenges in implementing this assessment in learning to read were identified. First, the sociocultural aspects of learning to read have to be embodied in the relationship between society and reading. Second, it is necessary to incorporate into the assessment the relationship between the development of the sociocultural aspects of learning to read and the ability formation of individual learners.
Finally, the specifics and evaluation methods of a community of practice in learning to read were examined using Hama Omura’s (1968) “reading group” practice as a case study. Additionally, the conditions for its formation in line with the basic elements of a community of practice were summarized.
