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Author Weigle, Sara Cushing.

Title Assessing writing / Sara Cushing Weigle
Published Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description xiv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series The Cambridge language assessment series
Cambridge language assessment series.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The nature of writing ability -- 3. Basic considerations in assessing writing -- 4. Research in large-scale writing assessment -- 5. Designing writing assessment tasks -- 6. Scoring procedures for writing assessment -- 7. Illustrative tests of writing -- 8. Beyond the timed impromptu test: Classroom writing assessment -- 9. Portfolio assessment -- 10. The future of writing assessment
Summary The issues surrounding the assessment of second language learner's writing abilities are still emerging. This book outlines in an accessible manner the major tenets of research in the field and provide language teachers with guidelines to design and develop suitable writing assessment tasks for their students
Analysis Writing skills
Language teaching & learning material - ESL/EFL Teaching of specific subjects
Notes Series editors: J. Charles Alderson and Lyle F. Bachman
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Writing -- Ability testing.
Writing -- Ability testing.
Educational tests and measurements.
English language -- Written English -- Ability testing.
English language -- Written English.
English language -- Written English -- Evaluation.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
ISBN 0521780276 cased
0521784468 paperback
9780521780278 hardback