On the Impact of Self Assessment on EFL Learners’Receptive Skills Performance

achievement (Dearing, 1997; Falchikov, 1997; Stefani, 1998; Taras,2001, 2002). it can also influence language learners writing andspeaking performance ((Alibakhshi Abbaszadeh, 2012).However,the impact of self assessment on EFL learners listening and writingwas not studied yet. This study was an attempt to see whether selfassessment can influence EFL learners receptive skills. It also tried tosee whether it has the same effect on intermediate and beginnerlanguage learners. In doing so, 120 Iranian language learners wereselected through convenience sampling and divided into beginner andintermediate language learners. The experimental groups received atreatment on self assessment and they self assessed their outcomes. Allgroups received a posttest. The data were analyzed through Acnovatest. The results showed that self assessment significantly improvedEFL learners receptive skills. However, the effect value of selfassessment for listening skill was less than reading skill. Also, selfassessment effect value on beginner groups was less in comparisonwith intermediate groups.