The effectiveness of the self-assessment and peerteaching activity based on the learning pyramid on the students’ retention in learning vocabulary at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

Enhancing learners’ retention is one of the challenges that English teachers in Vietnam have to face, especially in teaching English at universities where the class schedule, assessment methods and learning conditions have completely different features. The tool and the activity aimed at are the self-evaluation worksheet and the peer-teaching activity. From the study, the effectiveness of this tool and activity proved that applying these would bring the students considerable and direct benefits, and at the same time offer the teaching staffs at UEH interesting and positive experiences in their career.