by Ana Ma Buñuel » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:09 am
Many times my students evaluate their own learning and grade their own exercises, mostly reading and listening comprehension and grammar. They cannot evaluate vocabulary or composition, those are unique for each student since the answers are never the same. If I think the little ones might be ‘tricky’ in changing their results, students evaluate other students’ tests and then share the results. I cannot do that with final exams either because of privacy reasons. At the end of the term, I always check how they have evaluated their class exercises, those are part of their final marks too.
In my current teaching situation, which means 30 to 33 students in the class, some of the activities are difficult to implement so I try to adapt them to my own needs. Students write tests in groups of 3, this is how we work at school. We think Teamwork is important. They write letters every end of term, that always works and is very effective. Recording themselves is a funny activity, they enjoy doing that but I can only organize that activity occasionally. I wish I had more timeand resources for vídeo editing. I have never asked students to keep a diary but I am definitely going to ask for one next year. They are going to do all the exercises and self-evaluation activities there. As for a questionnaire to evaluate their progress at the end of the course, I am going to use the one the course suggests (activity 3 unit 10) from now on for sure. I wish I had more time for regular tutorials too, but that is not possible given the amount of students I have (250) and the little time to meet each one of them. I can do that but not every term.
Many times my students evaluate their own learning and grade their own exercises, mostly reading and listening comprehension and grammar. They cannot evaluate vocabulary or composition, those are unique for each student since the answers are never the same. If I think the little ones might be ‘tricky’ in changing their results, students evaluate other students’ tests and then share the results. I cannot do that with final exams either because of privacy reasons. At the end of the term, I always check how they have evaluated their class exercises, those are part of their final marks too.
In my current teaching situation, which means 30 to 33 students in the class, some of the activities are difficult to implement so I try to adapt them to my own needs. Students write tests in groups of 3, this is how we work at school. We think Teamwork is important. They write letters every end of term, that always works and is very effective. Recording themselves is a funny activity, they enjoy doing that but I can only organize that activity occasionally. I wish I had more timeand resources for vídeo editing. I have never asked students to keep a diary but I am definitely going to ask for one next year. They are going to do all the exercises and self-evaluation activities there. As for a questionnaire to evaluate their progress at the end of the course, I am going to use the one the course suggests (activity 3 unit 10) from now on for sure. I wish I had more time for regular tutorials too, but that is not possible given the amount of students I have (250) and the little time to meet each one of them. I can do that but not every term.