Using Objective Methods of Attained Writing Proficiency to Discriminate among Holistic Evaluations.

Perkins, Kyle

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Using Objective Methods of Attained Writing Proficiency to Discriminate among Holistic Evaluations.

Perkins, Kyle

TESOL Quarterly, v14 n1 p61-69 Mar 1980

Ten objective measures of writing proficiency were used to evaluate advanced ESL students' compositions. Only those objective measures taking the absence of errors into account discriminated among holistic evaluations of the compositions by experienced ESL teachers. (PMJ)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Measurement Techniques, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Writing Skills, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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