LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 8 August 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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An Evaluation of Learners Journals as Tool for Learning and Assessment

Shamim Ali, Ph.D.

Abstract

The evaluation of students' course experience has been given due importance in the higher education sector as educators realize that effective teaching matters greatly. This paper discusses the use of student journals as a means of collecting data on the overall effectiveness of teaching in a study programme. Students in M.Phil. Class English Linguistics at the National University of Modern Languages were observed for the whole session. Student’s journals provided the record of their reflections and teaching-learning experience in one semester. I obtained useful evaluative data from the student journals regarding students' perceptions of the course content, instruction, workload and assessment. The results showed that students value effective feedback and clear expectations from course teachers. The use of student journals as a course evaluation technique provides a longitudinal and insightful perspective of students' perceptions of their teaching-learning context.

Keywords/Terms: Journal, Evaluation, Writing

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to provide an introductory overview of the nature of Journals assessment, showing examples, describing practical details, and offering suggestions for implementation for my colleagues. Being a teacher for several years, I have observed my students in testing and non testing situation, and I have noticed that students don’t go for creative writing and they like stereotype classroom study, based on lectures and End term examination on the basis of rote learning. This situation was very painful for me I wanted to assess my students throughout the course, so my daughter Sophia kindled an idea of introducing journal in my M.Phil. Class. I also liked this idea and I was also sure that my students would also appreciate it, and for me these journal can work as form of assessment that can provide a more authentic, student-teacher experience and growth-oriented interactions between me and my students than tests and final assignments.

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Shamim Ali, Ph.D.
Department of English (Functional Courses)
National University of Modern Languages
Islamabad 44000
Pakistan
dr.shamimali@hotmail.com
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