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Building on the Impromptu: A Source-Based Academic Writing Assessment.

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Feak, Christine; Dobson, Barbara – College ESL, 1996

Focuses on the assessment of writing skills of incoming English-as-a-Second-Language college students in the United States and Canada. The article discusses the traditional impromptu essay and its alternatives, portfolio assessment and the Undergraduate Academic Writing Assessment (UAWA). The UAWA reveals students' previously unknown strengths and…

Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Design, English for Academic Purposes, Essays