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Table 4 Assessment criteria between ‘participation’ and ‘control’ groups (% of final grade)

From: Assessing in-class participation for EFL: considerations of effectiveness and fairness for different learning styles

Criteria

Participation

Control

Attendance

10 %

10 %

Midterm

20 %

35 %

Final

20 %

35 %

Projecta

15 %

20 %

Participation

35 %

0 %

  1. aThe ‘project’ section of the grade is reserved for a separate task-based element of each regular class where the L2 learners work in small groups to complete a video project, which is graded collectively (i.e. all members of the group receive the same score) in terms of pronunciation (25 %), grammar (25 %), comprehensibility/coherence (25 %) and quality of video presentation (25 %)