Providing Relevant Content in an EAP Writing Test  

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Read, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 9 no. 2 (1990), page 109-122.
Fulltext: 09_02_Read.pdf (1.07MB)

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This article considers the question of how best to elicit samples of writing for assessment in an EAP proficiency test, and, more specifically, how to ensure that every test-taker has something to write about. Three types of writing tasks -independent, guided, and experience -are defined in terms of the type of preparation or guidance that they provide for the writer. Examples of each type of task are cited from contemporary EAP tests, and it is argued that guided and experience tasks are more satisfactory than independent ones. The article then analyses the three guided and experience tasks used in a writing test that is administered at the end of a three-month EAP course. The reliability and validity of the test are discussed, and this leads to a more general consideration of the issue of how to validity assess the proficiency of university students in academic writing.

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