【研究ノート】 Assessment in University Language Classes with Literature Circles: Principles and Practices

Abstract

This article presents a brief survey on the issues surrounding assessment in language education using literature, with a specific focus on a general English course at university, where an adapted form of literature circles serves as an essential pedagogical principle. The flexible and emergent nature of this current research project lends this piece to be not so much of a comprehensive account as a work-in-progress report of an exploratory inquiry, mapping out the terrain and addressing the issues at both conceptual as well as procedural and strategic levels, with suggestions for potential fields for further investigation. It is hoped that this contribution would serve as a springboard for further discussions, inviting diverse responses and opinions.