Description
| Product ID: | 9783631589816 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Series: | Language Testing and Evaluation |
| Title: | Diagnostic Writing Assessment |
| Subtitle: | The Development and Validation of a Rating Scale |
| Authors: | Author: Ute Knoch, Gunther Sigott |
| Page Count: | 322 |
| Subjects: | Language acquisition, Language acquisition, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching theory & methods |
| Description: | The diagnostic assessment of writing is an important aspect of language testing which has often been neclected in the literature. However, it is an area which poses special challenges to practioners both in the classroom and in large-scale testing situations. This book presents a study which set out to develop and validate a rating scale specifically designed for the diagnostic assessment of writing in an academic English setting. The scale was developed by analysing a large number of writing performances produced by both native speakers of English and learners of English as an additional language. The rating scale was then validated using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study showed that a detailed data-based rating scale is more valid and more useful for diagnostic purposes than the more commonly used impressionistic rating scale. Die Reihe "Language Testing and Evaluation" veröffentlicht theoretische The aim of the "Language Testing and Evaluation" series is to provide a und empirische Forschung zum Testen und Evaluieren im Bereich des Lehrens forum for publishing theoretical and empirical research in all areas of und Lernens von Sprachen. Die Absicht ist, einerseits zur Verbesserung der language teaching and learning. The series'' focus is on research on internationalen wissenschaftlichen Diskussion beizutragen sowie language tests and assessment tools as well as on programme evaluation andererseits Forschungsergebnisse und neue Entwicklungen sowohl den in der in which emphasis is placed on the characteristics of the instruments Praxis Tätigen als auch einem breiteren interessierten Publikum zugänglich themselves. Furthermore the intention of the series is to enhance the zu machen. possibilities for international scholarly debate among experts. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-11-06 |
