by Vahid Aryadoust National University of Singapore (Singapore) Keywords: academic listening, rating scale model, self-assessment Abstract Language self-appraisal (or self-assessment) is a process by which students evaluate their own language competence. This article describes the relationship between students’ selfappraisals and their performance on a measure of academic listening (AL). Following Aryadoust and Goh […]
Month: May 2012
Putting a Humanistic Approach to Grammatical Input into Practice: A Sample Lesson
by Gareth Morgan National University of Singapore (Singapore) Keywords: humanism, learner autonomy, learning styles, reflection Abstract The paper’s focus is on a humanistic, multi-dimensional approach to grammar teaching. In this approach the learners practice a variety of skills in order to become affectively engaged through the elicitation of their thoughts, views, motivations, experiences, […]