scholarly journals Implementing rubrics as formative assessment in English writing classes in Japan.

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahoko Usuda
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
English Writing

scholarly journals The Use of Portfolio Assessment in English Writing Classes

2020 ◽  
Vol 485 ◽  
pp. 012093
Author(s):  
R F A Hudori ◽  
Z Tasnim ◽  
A E Fardhani ◽  
D P Sari
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Assessment ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
English Writing

scholarly journals Cultural Transfer as an Obstacle for Writing Well in English: The Case of Arabic Speakers Writing in English

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwaida Abu Rass
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Muslim Students ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
English Writing Instruction ◽  
Target Culture

This paper reviews and strengthens the data on cultural transfer by Arab Muslim students writing in English and adds the significant element of the cultural impact of Islam on such writing. This qualitative study examines the writing of 18 teacher trainees at an Arab language teacher training college in Israel. Results point to a strong cultural influence appearing in the students' writing. It is suggested that greater consideration should be given to the first and the target culture when designing the curricula for writing classes for Arab L1 students in English writing instruction.

scholarly journals English Writing Formative Assessment in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Musa
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Performance Tasks ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Short Answer ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Construction Task

This study aimed to investigate the assessment techniques used by a teacher in assessing students’ writing skills, the reason in implementing the techniques, and the students’ responses toward the implementation of the techniques. The collected data in this study included classroom observation that had been held in three times, interview, and written document. The following is the conclusions based on the data analysis. Since formative assessment of writing skill is the main focus of this study, the teacher implemented five writing performance tasks suggested by Brown (2010) namely dicto-comp, picture-cued task, short answer task, guided question and answer, and paragraph construction task. From the teaching process done by the teacher, the assessment tasks were implemented for formative purposes, that is, to monitor students’ progress in comprehending the lesson that is about narrative text. The teacher implemented some assessment tasks in an informal way to monitor students’ ongoing progress without recording the result of the performance, while the other tasks were implemented in a formal way to record students’ progress and to give them an appraisal of their progress and achievement.

scholarly journals A Study of University Students in Japan: Learning and Application of Academic English Writing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
James Graham McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Writer Identity ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
The Rich

<p>This study investigated Japanese first and second year undergraduate students learning English academic writing in their compulsory English composition courses in a Japanese university. The thesis takes a social constructivist approach to investigate the aspects of critical argument and writer identity in these students’ classes and their writing.  The data for the study include classroom observations and teacher and student interviews, all conducted monthly throughout the academic year-long course. In total there were six courses, four teachers, and sixteen student participants. The observations were analyzed using an adapted version of Ivanič’s (2004) Discourses of Writing framework, which focused on aspects of identity construction in the writing classroom. The linguistic data included a selection of one major piece of writing from each student, analyzed using an adapted Appraisal framework within Systemic Functional Linguistics (Martin, 1997; 2000). In order to maintain a focus on writer identity in the analysis, Clark and Ivanič’s (1997) selves were identified through this analysis. In addition, the texts were analyzed for use of Casanave’s (2002) writing game strategies, in order to further establish the students’ approaches in writing their texts. The objective was not to generalize about how Japanese students learn to write academic English, but rather to provide, from a social constructivist, Western researcher’s perspective, an analysis of what happened in these students’ writing classes and how it affected their writing for those classes.  Teachers’ general practices in the observed courses mainly focused on two aspects of writing: 1) as a communicative act (writing for a reader), and 2) as an exercise in critical thinking (developing a thesis). These two aspects emerged from the observation and interview data collection. The four teachers used very different approaches in designing their courses, and the students in the same classes responded in different ways, mostly depending on their ability to understand their teachers’ intentions and to form appropriate academic identities in an attempt to meet their teachers’ expectations. The analysis of the students’ written texts revealed that students often did not meet the teachers’ expectations of writing objectively and using a genre-appropriate voice as students often resorted to the same authorial voice to push their thesis.  This investigation was designed to inform pedagogic practices for university teachers of academic English and curriculum designers in Japan to establish effective English writing courses. The rich description of classroom practices and resulting written texts and the focus on differences in cultural expectations between teachers and students provide significant contributions to this area of inquiry. The main pedagogical suggestions are standardizing course objectives and goals, assigning more reading as a part of writing, and teaching students how to write authoritatively.</p>

scholarly journals LESSONS FROM CRITICAL THINKING: HOW TO PROMOTE THINKING SKILLS IN EFL WRITING CLASSES

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojgan Rashtchi ◽  
Babak Khoshnevisan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Modern Education

<p>Critical thinking as an issue with on-going importance has an immense influence on modern education. However, it is not a natural disposition but is a potential that needs cultivation. Training individuals to become critical thinkers is not an easy task, but by adopting appropriate strategies and classroom practices, it is attainable. The present article aimed to show how English writing classes in EFL settings could facilitate the practice of critical thinking skills. This paper suggests that critical thinking can be implemented as a classroom practice in writing courses by using several tasks that integrate writing and thinking skills. The article starts with an introduction to the definitions of critical thinking. Then, it underlines the classroom procedures, which can be implemented by teachers. Following this, some sample tasks and writing topics are proposed to help teachers employ critical thinking practices in their classes.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0663/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Assistance of Formative Assessment in the Improvement of English Writing Skills at Intermediate Level

2020 ◽  
Vol V (III) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq ◽  
Muhammad Mahmood ◽  
Khadija Awan
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Intermediate Part

The major purpose of the study was to measure the effects of the formative assessment in the improvement of English writing skills at intermediate level. This study used a quantitative research method, descriptive in nature, so the researcher used the survey method for data collection. The study was delimited to Sahiwal division of Punjab province. The population of the study comprised of all 246 male and female colleges and higher secondary schools of Sahiwal division which are affiliated with BISE Sahiwal. Sample of this study consists of intermediate part II (328) students. A 30 items questionnaire was developed, administered and managed. Data analysis was performed by using descriptive statistics. The result shows that formative assessment assists in English writing skills, and the students face difficulties in improving English writing skills. Special lectures and trainings may be managed for English writing skills and give a specific focus on writing skills during formative assessment.

scholarly journals Promoting Effects of Computer Scoring on English Learning of College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (07) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Siwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Structural Learning ◽  
Promoting Effect ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Computer Scoring ◽  
Research Findings

In the age of economic globalization, it is important for college students to master such an international language as English. The computer scoring is an effective tool to enhance their ability of English learning. Drawing on theories of formative assessment and structural learning, this paper mainly verifies the promoting effect of computer scoring on English learning among college students. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey, and a case study was carried out on a scoring website for English writing. The results show that: formative assessment and structural learning lay the theoretical basis for computer scoring; college students generally recognize that computer scoring system greatly enhances their ability and enthusiasm of English learning; the target computer scoring system (www.pigai.org) facilitates autonomous learning under teacher supervision, with the functions on student and teacher interfaces. The research findings greatly promote the development of computer scoring and English learning among college students.

Efficacy of Three Different kinds of Error Feedback on EFL Students’ Writing in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Zhuxiu Tan ◽  
Chen Jiliang
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Effective Feedback ◽  
Efl Students

Feedback is very important for learners to improve their writing but providing effective feedback is not an easy job for the teachers who teach English writing. This is particularly true in tertiary education in Chinese context. Teacher’s explicit feedback (TEF), implicit feedback (TIF) and the guided peer review (GPR) are three types of feedback commonly used by English teachers in the EFL writing classes in China. This paper aims to examine the effects of these three different types of feedback on college students’ writings in Chinese context by using a pretest and posttest treatment, questionnaires and a case study. The qualitative results reveal that the three types of feedback are all valued by students and do help to improve their writing. GPR and TIF are preferred mostly by advanced learners but GPR triggers more self-initiated revisions and more unsuccessful revisions are found in the TIF class. TEF is mostly favored by students with lower language abilities and more successful revisions are reported in this class. These findings are consistent with the results of the pretest and posttest from the three classes. The quantitative data show that GPR contributes the highest mean score to students’ writing, and TEF the second while TIF the last. The implications of these findings are also discussed.

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