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Peer reviewedHamp-Lyons, Liz; Henning, Grant – Language Learning, 1991
Investigation of the use of a multiple-trait scoring procedure to obtain communicative writing profiles of adult nonnative English speakers found that the scoring method was highly reliable in composite assessment, but provided little psychometric support for assessing certain individual writing components. (28 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Tests
