Engineering lecturers’ perceptions of student self-assessment in enhancing technical oral presentation skills

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Benraghda Abdelmajdid
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7589-6994
Noor Raha Mohd Radzuan
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-6360

Abstract

In recent years, self-assessment has been increasingly implemented as an alternative method of assessment in tertiary educational contexts. The research described in this paper employed semi-structured interviews as an instrument to evaluate engineering lecturers’ perceptions towards student self-assessment in developing their non-verbal communication skills in technical oral presentations. A sample of 10 engineering lecturers from a technical university participated in the study. Semi-structured interview data revealed that most engineering lecturers viewed student self-assessment positively and they reported on student self-assessment as providing learning values, because the latter viewed student self- assessment as a learning aid. The results further showed that student self-assessment could promote the students’ learning, an increase of students’ willingness to deliver oral presentations, and self-enabling. Therefore, student self-assessment can be a powerful method to increase learning by raising the awareness about the necessity of non-verbal communication skills in delivering technical oral presentations.


Keywords: Self-assessment; perceptions; non-verbal communication skills; technical oral presentation; engineering lecturers

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Abdelmajdid, B., & Radzuan, N. R. M. (2021). Engineering lecturers’ perceptions of student self-assessment in enhancing technical oral presentation skills. Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 9(4), 193–202. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjflt.v9i4.4324 (Original work published November 4, 2019)
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