評語是寫給學生看的，所以壹方面評語要使用學生能看得懂的英語來寫，所使用的詞匯和語法不能過高或過低於學生的現有水平，要切合學生的實際水平，符合學生的個性心理發展需要；另壹方面要做到循序漸進，由易到難，能夠起到"跳壹跳，摘到桃子"的作用，也就是說學生通過上下文的猜測或借助於詞典就能理解。例如：
It's very clever of you to do so.
It's nice of you to write this way.
Wonderful!Your English is very good and your answers are correct.
I'm sure you can do your work better next time.
You've done a good job.
You are doing wonderfully!
You can do better now than you did before.
二、作業評語要有助於學生對所學知識的理解和記憶
語言的學習在於運用，所以教師在寫評語時應運用所學的知識，以使學生能加強理解和記憶。例如：
You have improved a lot.I am proud of you.
That's great.Please never give up trying.Success comes through hard work and constant effort.
No pains,no gains.I hope you will make more progress in the future.
Whatgood work!You are the pride of our class.
Work harder,and you will make more progress.
The harder you work,the sooner you will improve.
Come on!I am sure you will catch up soon.
利用所學過的短語、句型和時態給學生寫評語就能取得很好效果，可以幫助學生鞏固和運用語言。
三、評語要有利於激發學生的學習熱情
學生有被尊重、被表揚、被認可的需要。在寫作業時，希望得到教師的表揚和鼓勵，這是學生精神上的需要。如果精神上的需要長久得不到滿足，他們就會產生消極的思想。因此，需要是學生學習行為的動力之壹。需要的滿足直接影響學生積極性的發揮，要充分發揮學生的積極性，對學生進行有效地鼓勵是教育的策略之壹。激勵就是激發鼓勵。壹般地講，激勵就是以某種刺激為引誘，調動人的主動性、積極性和創造性。教師的評語就是刺激學生的誘因。學生有不同的性格，有不同的需要，那麽激勵的方法也不同。教師針對不同的學生及其作業，在不同場合所作的評語可激發學生的學習熱情，讓優等生更上壹層樓，使中等生改正缺點、發揚優點，使暫時落後的學生能克服畏懼心理，樹立信心。所以對優等生的作業表揚中要有指正，教師可通過評語向他們提出更高要求。例如：
It's good to be correct.It's also important to be creative.
Excellent.You haven't made any mistakes,but do try to make your handwriting neater.
對中等生的作業要慎重評價，在評語中要多督促。例如：
You had better be more careful!Pay more attention to the tenses.
Your work is quite good
except for a few spelling mis- takes.
Keep it up.Remember that little by little one goes far.
對於差生的作業要多點激勵，溫和地指出錯誤的同時，也要指出他的優點以資鼓勵。例如：
The structure of the composition is good,buttry to make sure the word order in your sentences is correct.
Lily,I like your handwriting very much although there are some mistakes here.I am sure you can correct them.
Bill,I think you can do better if you work harder.
Your answers show you have real ability in the course,and you are developing increasing depth of thought and clarity of expression in your written work.However there are some grammar mistakes in the essay／here.
Your work has improved.I am sure there is nothing too difficult for us to learn.
You have done your work better this time.I believe that nothing is impossible as long as you work hard.Practice makes perfect.
四、作業評語要能體現師生感情的交流
作業不僅是師生間教學信息的相互反饋，而且是聯系和溝通師生感情的橋梁。在作業中教師可以覺察到學生的思想和自主學習情況，從評語中學生也能領悟出教師對他是否關心、有信心和責任心。因此我們要充分利用作業評語加深師生情感交流。評語言辭懇切，切中要害；或熱情鼓勵、或委婉告誡……始終使學生保持清醒的頭腦、強烈的興趣、昂揚的鬥誌，激勵並堅定他們"青出於藍而勝於藍"的信念。通過評語，教師盡可把祝福、問候、關切、激勵、真誠、信任之情化作甘甜的泉水，去滋潤學生的心田，引起師生教與學的***鳴，達到教與學兩者的和諧與統壹。
例如在節假日或某學生生日前，教師可以給予學生壹些祝願語：
●Merry Christmas!／Happy New Year!／Enjoy yourself in the coming holidays!／Happy birthday1／Many happy returns!
又如某個學生因為生病缺課作業完成得很糟糕，教師就要說壹些安慰的話：
●Lingling,you have made a few mistakes in your work.I know that is because you were absent...I think it is only natural.Don't lose heart.I am ready to help you.
再如某個學生因為考試不及格失去信心，教師就要說壹些激勵的話：
●Iam sorry to hear that you didn't pass the exam.I hope you are not too disappointed.I want to cheer you up with the saying"Failure is the mother of success".I nope to see much improvement in your future studies.
五、作業評語形式要豐富多彩
作業評語不僅僅是對作業本身進行評價，也可以包括學習和生活的各個方面，它的語言形式更是豐富多彩，千變萬化，既可以是壹個詞或壹個短語，也可以是壹句話、壹個段落或壹則格言。例如：
A?壹個詞：
●Great!／Perfect!／Good!／Wonderful!／Correct!／Excellent!
B.短語：
●Well done!／Neat and tidy!
C.句型：
●That's OK!
●What a good job you have done!
●Now you can do better than before.
●Your handwriting is excellent!
●Keep it up.
●Your English will become better if you work harder.
D.段落：
●Although you have not been successful,you have done better than ever.Success belongs to the diligent learners.I am sure you will make more and more progress if you keep on practising your spoken English.
E.格言：
●Practice makes perfect.
●Where there is a will,there is a way.
●Awillfulman willhave his way.
●Failure is the only highroad to success.
●Diligence is the mother of good fortune／good luck.
●He who does not advance falls backward.
●The water wears away stones.
當然寫好評語的方式和要求還有許多，教師不僅要不斷提高自己的英語書面表達能力，更重要的是深入研究學生的心理特點、思想情緒、個人愛好、學生習慣及英語水平等，以便言之有理、以理服人，這樣才能寫出激勵人的好評語，不斷提高學生的書面表達能力，通過作業評語加強師生間的交流，促進學生各方面協調發展。