Participants, texts, and processes in second language writing assessment: A narrative review of the literature.

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dc.contributor.authorBarkaoui, Khaled
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-14T21:12:51Z
dc.date.available2009-08-14T21:12:51Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractEssay tests are widely used to assess ESL/EFL learners' writing abilities for instructional, administrative, and research purposes. Relevant literature was searched to identify 70 empirical studies on ESL/EFL essay tests. The majority of these studies examined task, essay, and rater effects on essay rating and scores. Less attention has been given to the effects of of examinee factors, scoring methods, and assessment contexts. This absence seems mainly to be the result of a traditional concern with controlling for task and rater variability as 'sources of measurement error'. This article argues for viewing these factors as 'sources of variability' that contribute to the richness and uniqueness of the contexts within which writing performance and assessment occur and for taking them into account when interpreting and using essay test scores. The paper concludes with several implications for research and practice.
dc.identifier.citationBarkaoui, K. (2007). Participants, texts, and processes in second language writing assessment: A narrative review of the literature. The Canadian Modern Language Review 64, 97-132.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/2805
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Toronto Pressen
dc.subjectEssay tests
dc.subjectVariability
dc.subjectRating scales
dc.subjectEssay raters
dc.subjectExaminees
dc.subjectWriting tasks
dc.titleParticipants, texts, and processes in second language writing assessment: A narrative review of the literature.en_US
dc.typeArticleen

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