ESL Writing Assessment: Subject-Matter Knowledge and Its Impact on Performance.

Tedick, Diane J.

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ERIC Number: EJ410384

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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ESL Writing Assessment: Subject-Matter Knowledge and Its Impact on Performance.

Tedick, Diane J.

English for Specific Purposes, v9 n2 p123-43 1990

Focuses on subject matter influences in writing assessments and the extent to which English-as-a-Second-Language graduate students' writing performance is affected by their knowledge of the subject matter of the assessment topic. Writing performance was found to be superior when the subject matter was well known. (47 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Cues, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Performance Factors, Prior Learning, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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