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The Role of Self-assessment in Promoting Iranian EFL Learners’ Motivation

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  • Parviz Birjandi
  • Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid
  • Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid

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During the last decade, increasing attention has been paid to the role of learner in the process of language learning and testing. Moreover, there is a general consensus in the literature that motivation is one of the key learner characteristics. The objective of this study was to explore the role of journal writing as a self-assessment technique in promoting Iranian EFL learners’ motivation. The participants were 60 intermediate students in two groups. The particular self-assessment technique used in the experimental group was journal writing. At the beginning and end of the semester, both groups took a language proficiency test to ensure their homogeneity, and completed a questionnaires regarding motivation. The results revealed that writing journals in a regular base had a role in promoting the learners’ motivation.

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  • Parviz Birjandi & Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid & Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid, 2010. "The Role of Self-assessment in Promoting Iranian EFL Learners’ Motivation," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 3(3), pages 211-211, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:3:y:2010:i:3:p:211
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    1. Kadidja Kone & Paula Winke, 2023. "Do Directed Motivational Current Phenomena Exist Everywhere? An Investigation into African EFL Learners’ Experiences," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 16(4), pages 1-1, April.

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