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Wu, Xuefeng – English Language Teaching, 2022
Rating scales for writing assessment are critical in that they determine directly the quality and fairness of such performance tests. However, in many EFL contexts, rating scales are made, to certain extent, based on the intuition of teachers who strongly need a feasible and scientific route to guide their construction of rating scales. This study…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Rating Scales, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Susan Rowe – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation explored whether unnecessary linguistic complexity (LC) in mathematics and biology assessment items changes the direction and significance of differential item functioning (DIF) between subgroups emergent bilinguals (EBs) and English proficient students (EPs). Due to inconsistencies in measuring LC in items, Study One adapted a…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Syam, Andi Tenrisanna – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2020
This research aimed to develop an appropriate module based on the writing needs of the learners. The author took the fourth-semester learners of the English Department at the State Islamic Institute of Palopo in the academic year 2018/2019. The author involved 40 learners as her participants. The method of the research was Research and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)