Improve Oral Training: The Method of Innovation Assessment on English Speaking Performance

The advantages of portfolios come from observing the student learning process and recording feedback. Students utilized their own learning portfolios to do learning assessment and self-correction. The research that has been done in Taiwan has shown that using a portfolio is effective in improving En...

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Published in:International journal of distance education technologies 2011-07, Vol.9 (3), p.56-72
Main Authors: Wang, Li-Jyu, Chang, Hung-Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Assessments
College Students
Comparative Analysis
Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer Assisted Testing
Control Groups
Distance education
Education
Educational Technology
English (Second Language)
ESL
Evaluation Methods
Experimental Groups
Feedback (Response)
Foreign Countries
Instructional Effectiveness
Learning
Monitoring
Oral Language
Portfolio Assessment
Portfolios
Portfolios (Background Materials)
Pretests Posttests
Recording
Second Language Instruction
Self Management
Speech Communication
Students
Sustainability
T Test
Taiwan
Training
Video Technology
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Summary:The advantages of portfolios come from observing the student learning process and recording feedback. Students utilized their own learning portfolios to do learning assessment and self-correction. The research that has been done in Taiwan has shown that using a portfolio is effective in improving English speaking performances (ESP). The purpose of this study is to apply the portfolios to assess students’ speaking performances. The researcher administered speaking evaluation forms and the PRCA-24 as the instruments. The PRCA-24 was used to assess students’ communication apprehension and was analyzed by t-test. The major findings were summarized. The portfolios were expected to enhance students’ ESP and intended to reduce students’ communication apprehension through self-monitoring their ESP. Finally, this research can provide valuable perspectives on the use of portfolios and self-monitoring, and prompted the expansion and sustainability of English education system.
ISSN:1539-3100
1539-3119
DOI:10.4018/jdet.2011070105