Learning to self-assess oral performance in English: A longitudinal case study

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-262

  Chen, Yuh Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assessment feedback; Assessment procedure; Collaborative assessment; Effective student assessment; English as a foreign language; Oral performance assessment; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249102399     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: 14770954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362168807086293     Document Type: Article

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