Year

2017 MT

2018 FT

2018 MT

Class numbers

32

32

32

Response rates

75%

75%

81%

Benefits from learning community (LC) programme

The LC programme was interesting.

63%

75%

77%

The LC programme motivated me to learn more.

54%

79%

73%

The LC programme made me willing to attend the English classes.

67%

83%

88%

My role in completing my tasks and my shared tasks, both my English language skills and peer interactions improved.

67%

87.5%

85%

I built up my confidence because I solved the problems I had never done before on my own.

58%

71%

88%

I was more team-spirited than before because I had to cooperate with my teammates to finish the complex tasks.

71%

83%

77%

When I was working in a LC group, I appreciated the benefits of teamwork to carry out complex tasks.

63%

75%

73%

When I was working in a LC, I learned faster about English language skills than if I had simply studied on my own.

63%

75%

88%

I learned a lot about speech from my teammates in my LC when they made their presentations.

58%

75%

77%

Myrole as a member of the LC group

As a result of co-study in LC,

I got more help from my teammates.

67%

79%

88%

While I worked as captain, I was encouraged to exert the influence of my leadership to motivate my teammates.

NA

87.5%

88%

While I served as a learner, I was motivated to learn more.

67%

92%

92%

We worked more efficiently with a peer leader because he/she worked as a coordinator in our group and helped us defining our priorities.

NA

83%

88%

The role of both peer assessment and teacher assessment

As a result of performing teacher assessment on learning activities of the LC, I felt a great sense of participation for it was a part of my final?term performance.

NA

75%

96%

In performing peer assessment I listened more attentively to my peers’ LC presentation.

NA

79%

85%

I enjoyed performing peer assessment of the LC presentations.

NA

96%

77%

I preferred teacher assessment based on our tasks for it was a small part of my final-term assessment.

NA

83%

88%

I came to realise my problems when my teacher pointed out my mistakes occurring constantly in my learning.

67%

79%

85%

Knowing my peers would be assessing my group’s presentation made me more responsible in contributing to the small group.

NA

83%

92%

I think performing peer assessment of the LC presentation was valuable to my improvement of language skills.

NA

83%

88%