Rating EFL Written Performance / / Katalin Bukta

• Autore: Bukta Katalin
• Pubblicazione: Warsaw ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetto topico: English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Foreign speakers; English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
• Soggetto non controllato: Testing, language performance, EFL written performance
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Overview Of The Book -- PART I An Overview Of The Literature On L2 Writing And Assessment -- PART II Investigating Raters' Decision-Making Processes And Awarded Scores In Rating Hungarian Efl Learners' Compositions -- General Conclusions -- References -- Appendices -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The study focuses on the investigation of the process during which raters of EFL written performance make their decisions. It consists of a pilot and a main study, each of which concentrates on assessment of writing. The rationale is to detect the decision-making processes that raters follow, which can be used for training raters, and with which the reliability of rating can be improved. The pilot study is based on data collected during a large-scale language proficiency assessment of two age groups from learners of English and German languages. Raters were asked to think aloud during the rating task. Data was then transcribed and analysed. The participants in the main study were novice raters, who produced verbal protocols. 37 EFL teacher trainees took part in rater training and practised think-aloud protocol production. Then, they evaluated ten compositions written by EFL learners and verbalised their thought processes. The verbal protocols served as a basis for data collection. The analysis of data resulted in the conclusion according to which more reliable and objective assessment is possible when evaluating written performance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rating EFL Written Performance
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996463253403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno