RSSVolume 33

Shila’s Story of Teaching English/ESL in a Singapore Primary Neighbourhood School

Shila’s Story of Teaching English/ESL in a Singapore Primary Neighbourhood School

| January 1, 2009

This article focuses upon the teaching practices of Shila, a primary school teacher who has taught English in a Singapore ‘neighbourhood’ or government school for the past fifteen years. In Singapore, English has been mandated as the first language of instruction; however, Shila indicates that less then 10% of the students who enter Primary 1 in her school speak English regularly at home.

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Student Perspectives of Peer Assessment for Learning in a Public Speaking Course

Student Perspectives of Peer Assessment for Learning in a Public Speaking Course

| January 1, 2009

This peer assessment (PA) case study was conducted to determine student feelings about a student-centered assessment procedure, and whether it was useful in promoting effective learning. Set in a Public Speaking course at a Tokyo university, this paper reports on a PA framework in which 30% of students’ final course grades were comprised of peer assessment scores of oral presentations.

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