Series: Language Testing and Evaluation. Num Pages: 320 pages, fig. and tables. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 221 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576. . 2009. 1st New edition. Hardcover. . . . .

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Title: Diagnostic Writing Assessment: The Development and Validation of a Rating Scale
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 3631589816
ISBN 13: 9783631589816
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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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.

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The Author: Ute Knoch is a research fellow at the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests are in the area of language assessment, second language acquisition, and language pedagogy.

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