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Influence of Peer-Assessment on Speaking Skills

Abstract:

This study was applied on a group of volunteer students who had difficulties and struggle using basic tenses, pronunciation, proper vocabulary, adverbs of frequency and common expressions in oral exchanges. The platforms used in class in order to post content, assignments, and updates were Discord and WhatsApp. The classes were taken online in a two-week period, divided in ten synchronous (Mondays through Wednesdays: one hour, and Thursdays: two hours), and four asynchronous hours. The asynchronous activities were sent via Discord at the end of each lesson. A backward design was used to create the lesson plan. This approach focuses on the learning outcomes and how students will be assessed before considering how to teach the content of the course (Button, 2021). The lessons were divided into three categories: acquisition, transfer and meaning making activities. A checklist was applied to evidence the lesson plan’s results.