A study on the effect of video sharing and peer feedback on English presentation performance

Abstract

This paper aims at exploring the effect of sharing students’ video recorded presentations, and peer feedback through small Facebook groups on their presentation performances. Twenty students of English fundamental course recorded their presentations in smart phones, uploaded them in their Facebook group, exchanged peer feedback among the group members, and tried to incorporate peer feedback in their final presentation which was recorded in a classroom setting. Their recorded presentations were rated by two professional English language teachers using the rating scale (Yamashiro & Johnson, 1997) for measuring presentation performance that contained fourteen sub- skills. The data was collected from the video tracks and focused group discussion. The results revealed that the overall performance of presentation has improved noticeably. Subsequently, out of fourteen sub-skills, the students’ improvement in projection, introduction, conclusion, language, vocabulary, etc was statistically significant. Eventually, the qualitative data sketched that new video sharing and peer feedback project fostered a positive learning environment and promote students’ confidence.