KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
John Wilson, Nanzan University, Nagoya Japan
Effective Oral Presentation Rubrics: How Do University Instructors Assess Their Students?
Abstract
How do university instructors make pedagogical decisions in establishing effective assessment tools for their students' oral presentations? In 2016, the presenter conducted a small-scale qualitative, exploratory study seeking to better understand how EFL university instructors in Japan evaluated their students' oral presentation skills. This workshop presents rubric samples used by oral presentation instructors in Japan for attendees to ponder, discuss and possibly dispute the characteristics of effective oral presentation rubrics. Rubrics come in various shapes and sizes. The presenter will provide thought provoking questions about pedagogical choices in oral presentation assessment, time to share how different contexts require different rubrics, and a space for dialogue for attendees about the types of rubrics that are appropriate and fair.
Biographicals
John Wilson is an Assistant Professor at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan and has taught ESL in Intensive English Programs at universities in Japan for 11 years. His research interests include task-based language learning, instructors' corrective feedback in ESL writing and language learning motivation. In his free time he is a doctoral student at the University of Exeter in the UK, and on the side enjoys still photography.
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