Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter?
Since the 1970s, self-assessment in education has gained increasing currency and has been studied in a considerable number of quantitative studies. In line with this theoretical and experimental background, this study aimed at investigating the effect of self-assessment on intermediate and upper-int...
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description | Since the 1970s, self-assessment in education has gained increasing currency and has been studied in a considerable number of quantitative studies. In line with this theoretical and experimental background, this study aimed at investigating the effect of self-assessment on intermediate and upper-intermediate language learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy in Iran. Thirty pre-intermediate and thirty upper-intermediate students participated in the study in a pretest-posttest control/experimental group design. The data were analyzed through ANCOVA test. The results indicated that self-assessment positively affected participants’ speaking accuracy and fluency. Also, self-assessment had a greater effect on upper-intermediate learners than pre-intermediate ones. Moreover, speaking fluency benefitted more from self-assessment than speaking accuracy did. The findings can be applied by both EFL learners and teachers. |
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spelling | doaj.art-3c9e2f3a5d3a4424b6a8293dfa85a17d2022-12-22T02:19:45ZengTeaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)Teaching English Language2538-54882538-547X2014-12-018211914310.22132/tel.2014.5382053820Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter?Goodarz Alibakhshi0Abdullah Sarani1Allameh Tabataba'i UniversityUniversity of Sistan & BaluchestanSince the 1970s, self-assessment in education has gained increasing currency and has been studied in a considerable number of quantitative studies. In line with this theoretical and experimental background, this study aimed at investigating the effect of self-assessment on intermediate and upper-intermediate language learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy in Iran. Thirty pre-intermediate and thirty upper-intermediate students participated in the study in a pretest-posttest control/experimental group design. The data were analyzed through ANCOVA test. The results indicated that self-assessment positively affected participants’ speaking accuracy and fluency. Also, self-assessment had a greater effect on upper-intermediate learners than pre-intermediate ones. Moreover, speaking fluency benefitted more from self-assessment than speaking accuracy did. The findings can be applied by both EFL learners and teachers.http://www.teljournal.org/article_53820_c2b8ea61d9e8a4a99df9104e042f33b9.pdfself-assessmentspeaking accuracyspeaking fluencyiranian efl learners |
spellingShingle | Goodarz Alibakhshi Abdullah Sarani Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter? Teaching English Language self-assessment speaking accuracy speaking fluency iranian efl learners |
title | Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter? |
title_full | Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter? |
title_fullStr | Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter? |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter? |
title_short | Self-assessment impact on EFL learners’ speaking fluency and accuracy: Does level of proficiency matter? |
title_sort | self assessment impact on efl learners speaking fluency and accuracy does level of proficiency matter |
topic | self-assessment speaking accuracy speaking fluency iranian efl learners |
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