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A review of genre-specific writing scales in ESL/EFL testing contexts

As an important part of language assessment, assessing English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) writing has long been the topic of interest among researchers. Writing scales have been used for quite some time in order to decrease the subjectivity of raters' evaluations. While most of t...

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Main Authors: Nimehchisalem, Vahid, Hamidi, Amir
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
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spelling my.upm.eprints.549122018-06-12T04:06:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54912/ A review of genre-specific writing scales in ESL/EFL testing contexts Nimehchisalem, Vahid Hamidi, Amir As an important part of language assessment, assessing English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) writing has long been the topic of interest among researchers. Writing scales have been used for quite some time in order to decrease the subjectivity of raters' evaluations. While most of the available scales are generic, there are also genre-specific scales which have been developed to be sensitive to the variations that are caused by different genres in the content, organization and structure of the written works to be evaluated. Having discussed the merits and challenges of using writing scales for evaluation purposes, the current paper presents some possible ways in which the usefulness of writing scales can be improved. The paper reviews a number of genre-specific writing scales and concludes with a discussion on their pedagogical implications. Taylor & Francis 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54912/1/A%20review%20of%20genre-specific%20writing%20scales%20in%20ESLEFL%20testing%20contexts.pdf Nimehchisalem, Vahid and Hamidi, Amir (2016) A review of genre-specific writing scales in ESL/EFL testing contexts. Education Research Journal, 6 (1). pp. 25-31. ISSN 2026-6332 http://resjournals.com/journals/educational-research-journal.html
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description As an important part of language assessment, assessing English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) writing has long been the topic of interest among researchers. Writing scales have been used for quite some time in order to decrease the subjectivity of raters' evaluations. While most of the available scales are generic, there are also genre-specific scales which have been developed to be sensitive to the variations that are caused by different genres in the content, organization and structure of the written works to be evaluated. Having discussed the merits and challenges of using writing scales for evaluation purposes, the current paper presents some possible ways in which the usefulness of writing scales can be improved. The paper reviews a number of genre-specific writing scales and concludes with a discussion on their pedagogical implications.
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title A review of genre-specific writing scales in ESL/EFL testing contexts
title_short A review of genre-specific writing scales in ESL/EFL testing contexts
title_full A review of genre-specific writing scales in ESL/EFL testing contexts
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