A critical review of the IELTS writing test  

Oleh:

Uysal, Hacer Hande

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 64 no. 3 (Jul. 2010), page 314-320 .
Topik: IELTS; writing; ELT
Fulltext: 2010.3.314.full.pdf (83.29KB)

Isi artikel

Administered at local centres in 120 countries throughout the world, IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is one of the most widely used large-scaleESLtests that also offers a direct writing test component. Because of its popularity and its use for making critical decisions about test takers, it is crucial to draw attention to some issues regarding the assessment procedures of IE LT S. Therefore, the present paper aims to provide a descriptive and critical review of the IE LT Swriting test by focusing particularly on various reliability issues such as single marking of papers, readability of prompts, comparability of writing topics, and validity issues such as the de?nition of the ‘international writing construct’, without considering variations among rhetorical conventions and genres around the world. Consequential validity-impact issues will also be discussed and suggestions will be given for the use of IE LT S around the world and for future research to improve the test.

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