Living Language: Self-Assessment, Oral Production, and Domestic Immersion Haley N. Dolosic Washington University in St. Louis Cindy Brantmeier Washington University in St. Louis Michael Strube Washington University in St. Louis Mark C. Hogrebe Washington University in St. Louis Abstract: With 24 adolescent students enrolled in a French language summer camp, the present study examines the relationship between self-assessment and oral production in French, interpreting results through a framework of individual learning variables. Participants were surrounded by French inside and outside the classroom. Self-assessment was measured through a criterion-referenced self-assessment questionnaire (Brantmeier, Vanderplank, & Strube, 2012). Oral production was examined with a structured oral interview that involved recording students for four minutes while they described four images (Llanes & Mu~ noz, 2009). The recording was coded on measures including words per minute, silent pauses per minute, and longest fluent run (Llanes & Mu~ noz, 2009). Findings demonstrated significant improvement in oral production. Self-assessment measures and performance on posttest measures for oral production were significantly correlated. Upon arrival at camp this was not true, which may indicate that students who were unable to assess their French abilities at the beginning of camp were better able to assess their abilities following the program. Results have strong pedagogical implications, as self-assessment may serve as a metacognitive tool for students to learn to self-diagnose strengths and weaknesses, which may help instructors account for individual learner Haley N. Dolosic (BSEd and BA, Southeast Missouri State University) is a PhD student in Applied Linguistics at Washington University in St. Louis. Cindy Brantmeier (PhD, Indiana University) is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education at Washington University in St. Louis. Michael Strube (PhD, University of Utah) is Professor of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. Mark C. Hogrebe (PhD, University of Georgia at Athens) is an Educational Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 49, Iss. 2, pp. 302–316. © 2016 by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. DOI: 10.1111/flan.12191 302 SUMMER 2016