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Publication Date: 2018-Jul
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Integrated Assessment Research: Writing-into-Reading
Plakans, Lia; Liao, Jui-Teng; Wang, Fang
Language Teaching, v51 n3 p430-434 Jul 2018
The view that language should be divided into four skills--reading, writing, listening, speaking--has dominated second language (L2) teaching and learning for some time; perspectives have emerged that conceptualize language as holistic or skills as integrated. This construct of language is evident in language assessments, with an increase in 'integrated skills' tasks appearing in tests of writing or speaking. Integrated skills assessments have been defined in several ways (Knoch & Sitajalabhorn 2013) such as reading-into-writing performance with the reading content included in the writing or as tasks that use input, textual or visual, as stimulus for writing under the integrated umbrella (Plakans 2013). Even with these multiple interpretations questions arise: 'Is that all?' 'Is there more to integration?'
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Holistic Approach, Language Tests, Evaluation Methods, Language Skills, Writing Tests, Reading Writing Relationship
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