Peer assessment is considered as one of the most important types of evaluation in education. Playing an alternative role to teacher-based assessment, peer assessment and its effects in learning English have been considerably researched. The topic was prompted by the fact that although the efficiency of peer assessment has been proved by many researchers, the literary also provided the conflict in the finding. While some studies assure that peer assessment brings huge benefits and the positive effects to the learners, others find out that it causes the negative effects on student achievement and attitudes. Moreover, the majority of study have been investigated the usefulness, the effectiveness of peer assessment. There is a limited of studies
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It is a crucial part of the everyday teaching and learning process at school. According to many researchers and literary of education, this is the time that the main focus part in the classroom has been moved from teacher centered to student centered (Ahangari & Akbari Hamed, 2013, Topping, 1998). The recent trend of EFL literature fosters the development of education with a new wave of interest in the assessment form. With the evolution of the EFL teaching methodology, the way of how to assess the student also becomes more and more different (Ahangari & Akbari Hamed, 2013; Shahrakipour 2014). The task of evaluation or assessment is given to the students and “peer assessment” is considered as the alternative assessment to the traditional teacher …show more content…
As such, there is a need for further investigation into students’ attitude on peer assessment and recheck the effect of this alternative type of assessment. It is also the reason for conducting this study. The purpose of this study does not only show the attitudes of the EFL students, but also revealing whether peer assessment is an effective language tool in the context of higher education in Vietnam. This study is designed as a survey research. The participants in the survey are 250 final year students who are studying English as a foreign language at a DN university. Investigators participating in the two courses: English teacher training course and business English. They have experienced peer assessment methods from the first year. This study will contribute to the development and the success of peer assessment in the current situation in higher education, especially in oral presentation. This exploration will provide the useful information which can be the foundation for the further studies.
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It is a crucial part of the everyday teaching and learning process at school. According to many researchers and literary of education, this is the time that the main focus part in the classroom has been moved from teacher centered to student centered (Ahangari & Akbari Hamed, 2013, Topping, 1998). The recent trend of EFL literature fosters the development of education with a new wave of interest in the assessment form. With the evolution of the EFL teaching methodology, the way of how to assess the student also becomes more and more different (Ahangari & Akbari Hamed, 2013; Shahrakipour 2014). The task of evaluation or assessment is given to the students and “peer assessment” is considered as the alternative assessment to the traditional teacher …show more content…
As such, there is a need for further investigation into students’ attitude on peer assessment and recheck the effect of this alternative type of assessment. It is also the reason for conducting this study. The purpose of this study does not only show the attitudes of the EFL students, but also revealing whether peer assessment is an effective language tool in the context of higher education in Vietnam. This study is designed as a survey research. The participants in the survey are 250 final year students who are studying English as a foreign language at a DN university. Investigators participating in the two courses: English teacher training course and business English. They have experienced peer assessment methods from the first year. This study will contribute to the development and the success of peer assessment in the current situation in higher education, especially in oral presentation. This exploration will provide the useful information which can be the foundation for the further studies.
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