Idea Sharing: Using Peer Assessment to Teach How to Make Oral Summaries in English Language Classes

Abstract

In this "Idea Sharing" article, the author describes the techniques used when teaching oral summary making to second-year students studying Business English at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. The techniques are based on peer assessment, which enables both teachers and students to save a lot of time. The author also describes the advantages and disadvantages of the techniques and gives the assessment criteria used to estimate students' oral summaries.