Influence of Strategies-Based Feedback in Students’ Oral Performance

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Angie Sisquiarco
Santiago Sánchez Rojas
José Vicente Abad
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1548-9043

Abstract

This article reports on an action research study that assessed the influence of cognitive and metacognitive strategies-based feedback in the oral performance of a group of 6th grade students at a public school in Medellin, Colombia. Researchers analyzed students’ oral performance through assessment and self-assessment rubrics, applied inventories to students before and after giving them the strategies-based feedback, and interviewed all students and one parent. Results showed that strategies-based feedback supported by previous strategies instruction can help students both increase the use of strategies and improve their oral performance.

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Sisquiarco, A., Sánchez Rojas, S., & Abad, J. V. (2018). Influence of Strategies-Based Feedback in Students’ Oral Performance. HOW, 25(1), 93–113. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.25.1.402
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Author Biographies

Angie Sisquiarco, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó

Angie Sisquiarco holds a B.A. in English teaching from Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Colombia. She works in a private school with high school students. Her interests include language assessment and research in education.

Santiago Sánchez Rojas, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó

Santiago Sánchez Rojas holds a B.A. in English teaching from Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Colombia. He has worked as an English teacher for the language center of a national public university. His interests include language assessment and language teaching.

José Vicente Abad, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó

José Vicente Abad holds an M.A. in education from Saint Mary’s University, Canada. He works as associate professor at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Colombia. A member of the EILEX research group, he coordinates a research incubator on language teachers’ education. His research interests include language assessment, learning strategies, and language teacher professional development.

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