Abstract:
During the last decade, self-assessment as one of authentic assessments has been applied in
EFL teaching pedagogy in order to give more opportunities to the students to reflect on their
own learning and progress. Self-assesment can also be effective to promote critical thinking
and reflective practices in learning English, develop a sense of autonomy in their own learning
English, and most importantly to motivate students to learn. In fact, in the literature there is
a common consensus that motivation is one of the main learner characteristics. This study
aims at exploring the effect of self-assessment on students’ motivation. In the current study,
three groups of university students at Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University School of Foreign
Language will be investigated through self-assessment questionnaires. Then, the
students’responses will be compared and analyzed by means of raliable statistics packaging
programmes.
