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Arefsadr, Sajjad; Babaii, Esmat; Hashemi, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Language Testing, 2022
This study explored possible reasons why IELTS candidates usually score low in writing by investigating the effects of two different test designs and scoring criteria on Iranian IELTS candidates' obtained grades in IELTS and World Englishes (WEs) essay writing tests. To this end, first, a WEs essay writing test was preliminarily designed. Then, 17…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Writing Evaluation
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Firoozjahantigh, Mojgan; Fakhri Alamdari, Ebrahim; Marzban, Amir – Cogent Education, 2021
The instruction of metadiscourse markers to L2 writers has been recommended by some scholars to assist them in employing a certain tone in persuading readers. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of research investigating the effect of process-based instruction on hedging and boosting devices to L2 learners. To fill this gap, the present study aimed at…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Process Approach (Writing), Writing Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
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Ahmadi, Saeed; Riasati, Mohammad Javad; Bavali, Mohammad – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The present study aimed at investigating whether academic IELTS candidates perform differently in writing on either a chart topic or a table topic of the IELTS writing task 1 with regard to the four IELTS writing marking criteria i.e. task achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, and grammar range and accuracy. The study adopted a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Tests