Saudi EFL Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Assessing Speaking Through Student-made Videos  

作　　者：Arwa K.Alkhelifi Rasha M.Alaudan 

机构地区：[1]King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

出　　处：《US-China Education Review(A)》2024年第2期123-142,共20页美中教育评论（A）

摘　　要：In the current technological era,video conferencing and direct one-to-one video communication has become a norm in everyday people’s life.This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of student’s self-made videos as a valid method in evaluating the level of improvement in speaking skills for students studying English as a Foreign Language(EFL).The researcher selected an informative quantitative research approach,which implements a logical method for selecting the participants in the study.The main participants of the study consist of a total of 68 EFL teachers,who utilized various evaluation and teaching methods during their journey in the teaching English as a Foreign Language.The research approach adopted a survey-based method that use a five-point Likert scale to obtain the raw data,then analyzing it using the best-fit and the most statistically suitable methods.The results suggest that student’s self-made videos are considered a valid and practical method for evaluating speaking skills from teacher’s point of view.Several reasons justify the provided conclusion including saving the time in the class for more important tasks,increasing student’s creativity,boosting students’self-confidence due to the increase in the training window,improving soft skills like self-learning,and finally,reducing common exam anxiety for the students,as well as,for the EFL teachers.

关 键 词：self-made videos EFL classroom SPEAKING technology 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]