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Very interesting Anna. I always used to give my classes an evaluation questionnaire at the end of every term, so I could make changes in the next term if necessary. But it's really not that easy for students to analyse what goes on in class, not being teachers themselves. Sometimes someone would ask for fewer listenig activities or someone would express a serious dislike of doing songs. And there is always someone who wants more grammar! How about you? In what ways have you changed your classes in response to student feedback?
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Pieter

I have sometimes recorded students in class. I find it a very good idea so that they can hear themselves and find out their weak points if they have any and how to correct them. Diaries are also a very good way to keep up with grammar and vocabulary but instead of writing them during the year, I ask them to write them in the summer. Oh! and I am also very keen on little notebooks where kids write the new words they learn in class. Many of them do.
I would like to invite other teachers to record students but using video presentations. We are in touch with a school in Hawai and have become 'video-pals' and it is really successful!That way, they see themselves and also learn about their classmates.
As for End-of-course questionnaires, I mainly focus on the course contents more than on how well they got on in class. I am also interested to hear if/what I need to change in order to make my classes more attractive so that they participate more.
With regards to the activities discussed in exercise 4,I like self-evaluation questionnaires, tutorials and of course students' feedback. They are effective indeed.