INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF PEER FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS' SP~ING ACHIEVEMENT AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS TOW ARDS PEER  FEEDBACK: THE CASE OF INJIBARA SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL

ABIOT, DAGNEW

dc.contributor.author	ABIOT, DAGNEW
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-11T07:48:11Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-11T07:48:11Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7335
dc.description.abstract	Abstract ,-This quasi-experimental study aimed at finding out the influence of using peer feedback on EFL ~ students' speaking achievement and their perceptions towards peer feedback. One section of 39 grade eleven intact (naturally existing) group students from nine sections at lnjibara secondary and preparatory school were taken as participants of the study. The data were collected using pre- and post-tests, questionnaire and interview. For the data which were gathered using pre and post-tests, t-test was employed as a statistical tool of analysis using paired samples t-test in SPSS. The questionnaire items, on the other hand, were analyzed quantitatively using frequency and percentage. Finally, the data obtained from the open-ended questionnaire item and interview items were analyzed qualitatively. The results of the study showed that, there was a statistically significant improvement in the overall speaking achievement of the studerus following the twelve peer feedback sessions in six weeks. Moreover, the students showed significant improvements mainly on the three aspects of spe°;king (grammar, fluency and vocabulary), but these students didn't show improvements on their pronunciation skills since their involvement in giving and receiving comments to and from their peers on their pronunciation skills was the least compared to the other aspects of speaking. Finally, the great ma .. ity i.e.,28 students (85.2%) of the respondents developed a positive towards the peer feedback they involved for six weeks and wanted it to keep goirig throughout the year dnd to be considered as part of their learning. In general, it was concluded that regardless of the quality of the comments from peers, the more the students get involved in giving and incorporating comments to and from their peers, the better improvements they showed. Based on the findings and the conclusions made, it is recommended that learners have to be oriented to the 'new' roles of a learner which is not one of a receiver but of an active participant. This kind of orientation can take place only when teachers themselves believe in this. Both teachers and learners have to accept the idea that effective and meaningfui learning take place only when students actively contribute to the learning and negotiate constantly in terms of creating meaning.	en_US
dc.subject	ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE	en_US
dc.title	INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF PEER FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS' SP~ING ACHIEVEMENT AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS TOW ARDS PEER FEEDBACK: THE CASE OF INJIBARA SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US