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The Use of Self-Assessment Facilitated by Mobile Devices to Improve Spoken Production in High School Students

Abstract:

Speaking has always been an important skill in my classroom. The students in Bachillerato II of a public school in Ecuador have a program for level B1.1, the proficiency level of them is A1. I have always had to create special activities using pictures and group work to help them speak in class. This action research took place during the Covid-19 pandemic and everything changed. Only 15 of my 45 students had access to technology, the rest communicated and turned in work via WhatsApp. Student autonomy is important now and the Ministerio de Educación has recently emphasized learning to learn. This action research was carried out over five weeks with four volunteers with technology to help them improve speaking through self-assessment facilitated by Zoom. I hoped self-assessment would help them become learners that are more autonomous. Selfassessment is a good way for students to identify their errors using a rubric and set goals through their own mistakes.