Literature Review of Student Self-assessment and Its Effects on the Second Language Writing

This paper is a detailed review of the theories and previous studies that investigate self-assessment and second language writing. After the introduction of the definition of self-assessment, a review of the validity and reliability of self-assessment will be presented, followed by its potential benefits to students, teachers and the conventions of testing. The previous studies on the effects of self-assessment on second language writing are reviewed at the end of this paper.