Assessment Design and Discussion Name Institution Assessment design and discussion Introduction Teaching students a second language is often one of the most challenging tasks for teachers since time immemorial (Brassard et al., 2011). The majority of these students speak English as their second language, although a majority of the rest of the school speaks English as their first language. Language abilities/ability Language ability, also known as language proficiency, can be defined as the ability of an individual to write, speak or perform in a given language (