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Weigle, Sara Cushing – Assessing Writing, 2013
This article presents considerations for using automated scoring systems to evaluate second language writing. A distinction is made between English language learners in English-medium educational systems and those studying English in their own countries for a variety of purposes, and between learning-to-write and writing-to-learn in a second…
Descriptors: Scoring, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, English Language Learners
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Cumming, Alister; Kantor, Robert; Baba, Kyoko; Erdosy, Usman; Eouanzoui, Keanre; James, Mark – Assessing Writing, 2005
We assessed whether and how the discourse written for prototype integrated tasks (involving writing in response to print or audio source texts) field tested for Next Generation TOEFL[R] differs from the discourse written for independent essays (i.e., the TOEFL Essay[R]). We selected 216 compositions written for six tasks by 36 examinees in a field…
Descriptors: Grammar, Field Tests, English (Second Language), Pragmatics