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What Are We Rating When We Rate Holistically?

Patkowski, Mark S. – 1989

A study of the holistic evaluation of writing compared holistic rating and the rating for "conformity to correct prose" technique, a technique based on error counting, of five essays representing five ability levels. The essays were produced in a college English-as-a-Second-Language program. The two scoring methods produced the same ranking of…

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Essays

What To Do in Composition Classes When You Have ESL Students and No ESL Expertise.

Schlumberger, Ann; Clymer, Diane – 1987

While the populations of students learning writing in English as a second language (ESL) are diverse and have widely varying needs, three general recommendations to nonspecialist teachers of ESL pupils are to: (1) organize courses according to thematic unity; (2) limit the number of formal, polished essays assigned; and (3) encourage students to…

Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction