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Abstract

This research attempts to explore how self-assessment training affects students’knowledge and understanding of their writing and needs for improvement in the ESLcontext at an undergraduate writing class. This research considers action research as amethod and employs a formative mode of assessment techniques in virtual classroompractices and presents a critique on the dynamic type of assessment and its limitationswhile assessing language skills in general and writing skills in particular. The studysuggests formative methods of assessment which not only ensures the quality ofassessment techniques but is also pertinent for the quality learning of the assessees inthe ESL context. Results reflect analysis of classroom observation, field notes, face-toface interviews with students, and virtual and written artifacts.