Description
Assessing Change in English Second Language Writing Performance
Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment at ETS Series
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Keywords
Test Occasions; L2 Writing; Hadidi; PERMANOVA; Language; Reports Descriptive Statistics; English; Integrated Task; development; Independent Task; change; L2 Learner; Barkaoui; Longitudinal Sample; Assessing; Full Sample; Second language learners; Lexical Complexity; Graduate students; Content Units; Second language testing; Academic Word List; Writing performance; L2 Writing Development; ELP Level; L2 Writing Ability; Lexical Bundles; L2 Writing Performance; Integrated Writing Tasks; Engagement Markers; Essay Scores; Lexical Sophistication; Online Appendix; Lexical Density; Lexical Overlap; L2 Proficiency
Publication date: 11-2020
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 11-2020
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
Description
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This book introduces a new framework for analyzing second language (L2) learners? written texts. The authors conducted a major study on changes and differences in English L2 learners? writing performance to advance understanding of the nature of L2 writing development over time, in relation to L2 instruction and testing, and to offer a model that professionals and researchers can use in their own longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of L2 writing development. Grounded in research, data, theory, and technology, this will be a welcome how-to for language test developers, scholars, and graduate students of (L2) writing and assessment.
1. Introduction 2. A Framework for Analyzing L2 Learners’ Texts 3. Research on L2 Writing Development 4. Method 5. Changes in Grammatical Aspects 6. Changes in Discourse Aspects 7. Changes in Sociolinguistic and Strategic Aspects 8. C hanges in Content and Source Use 9. Discussion and Implications
Khaled Barkaoui is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, Canada, and Past President of the Canadian Association of Language Assessment (CALA).
Ali Hadidi is Course Director in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at York University, Canada.