Author(s)/Year of publication/Context

Methods/participants/instrument

Findings

Hung (2019) /Taiwan area

Mixed methods/97 college students/survey and interview

Repeated SA bridged the gap helped the students reflect upon their performance, find their weaknesses, adjust their following talk, and recognize their learning outcomes.

Borg and Edmett (2019) /Instrument was developed by British Council and 1684 teachers from 125 countries participated

Quantitative/2598 individuals/Survey questionnaire

SA has marginal effect on young students learning, however, their SA accuracy grows in repeated SA practice.

Summers et al. (2019) /United State

Quantitative/92 newly enrolled students in ESL program/Questionnaire (SA tests and placement tests)

SA can be used a reliable instrument to discriminate between examinees.

Butler (2018) /Japan

Mixed methods/31 Primary school students/5-point Likert scale Survey and interviews

Students’ age plays an important role in SA: older students make more conservative evaluations.

Liu and Brantmeier (2019) /Chinese Mainland

Quantitative/106 Chinese learners/ Reading test, writing tasks, questionnaire

Young learners are capable of doing accurate SA

Snead and Freiberg (2017) /United States

Qualitative/10 student teachers/student feedback, audio recordings of lessons, and the educator’s self-assessment.

SA through PCLA enables teachers to self-reflect on their teaching and empowers them to plan their future work.

Adachi et al. (2016) /Australia

Qualitative/13 Australian academics/ Semi-structured interviews

They have reported the benefits and challenges of SA as a learning material

Salehi and Sayyar Masoule (2017) /Iran

Quantitative/32 upper-intermediate EFL learners/5-point Likert scale Questionnaire

Significant correlation between SA and teacher assessment in assessing written production, no significant correlation between SA and teacher assessment in assessing oral production

Samaie et al. (2016) /Iran

Mixed methods/50 EFL learners/ Questionnaires, interviews/Pretest

Participants were not positive towards self and peer-assessment on WhatsApp, and they preferred face-to-face interactions

Ünaldı (2016) /Turkey

Quantitative/239 Turkish EFL learners/ Questionnaire/the comparison of scores in an objective placement test assigned by their instructors and the results of criterion-referenced SA scores.

Although self-assessment is an important predictor of language proficiency, it seems to be much weaker than teacher assessment.

Wang (2016) /Chinese Mainland

Qualitative/80 university students/ reflective journals and case study informants’ retrospective interviews

SA rubrics helped the learners in all three stages of self-regulated learning, namely forethought, performance and reflection

Mazloomi and Khabiri (2016) /Iran

Quantitative, Quasi-experimental/60 Translation students/Writing composition

self- and peer-assessment have significant role in enhancing writing skill