OPINIONS of LEARNERS RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF PEER- AND SELF-ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES in ENGLISH WRITING CLASSES

The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of English language learners in a university preparatory class related to the practice of peer-assessment and self-assessment in writing courses. A quasi-experimental without a control group design was used in the study and the data was collected by open-ended questions answered by the participants in a written form. Content analysis was used to analyze the data and main themes were found by two coders. According to the findings, peer-assessment and self- assessment resulted in positive opinions of students related to reinforcement of learning, self-evaluation, and reinforcement of self-confidence. Few of the participants commented on the possible negative effects.