Revisiting the Writing Assessment Process at a Saudi English Language Institute: Problems and Solutions

Autor/in	Alshakhi, Abdullah
Titel	Revisiting the Writing Assessment Process at a Saudi English Language Institute: Problems and Solutions
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 12 (2019) 1, S.176-185 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Writing Evaluation; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Institutes (Training Programs); Student Evaluation; Scoring Rubrics; Holistic Approach; Writing Instruction; Writing Tests; Grading; Alternative Assessment; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sommerakademie; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Holistischer Ansatz; Schreibunterricht; Writing test; Schreibtest; Notengebung; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Over the past several decades, writing assessment has evolved in an ever-growing attempt to provide contextual fairness to a student while maintaining standards across a larger community. This study analyzed writing assessment at a Saudi English Language Institute (ELI) by first discussing teaching and learning in an EFL context before examining the shortcomings of current Saudi methods in assessment. A universal rubric created by the Saudi ELI allows for consistency across the program and cross-grading between teachers ensures honesty in assessment, but this rigidity leads to a lack of trust between teachers and coordinators and disallows contextual-based learning. First-hand research and literature analysis show that an analytic, rather than holistic, rubric will allow greater contextual-based learning, and that elimination of cross-grading will empower a teacher to become more directly involved with each student. These changes ultimately benefit the students, teachers, and coordinators of the program. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01