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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| Professor George Stanley BRAINE (英文系) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0346-251X(01)00009-4 |
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摘要Within the context of recent concerns that mainstream composition studies in the United States have largely neglected ESL writing, this report describes the performance of ESL students in the exit test of a first year writing program at a US institution. The passing rate, which was high when the exit test was based solely on a prompt, declined sharply when the format was changed to a reading-writing test. The report is based on the analyses of exit test prompts, exit exam transcripts, scoring guides used in writing classes and during the calibration sessions to evaluate exit exams, reading passages, and interviews with students and teachers of first year writing courses. Results of the analysis show that a lack of consistency in the scoring of the exit test, the use of inappropriate reading passages, and careless prompt design contributed to the decline in the passing rate. The report suggests that the employment of new PhDs, who have had little exposure to ESL theory and practice, as directors of Freshman Writing may be detrimental to programs which enroll large numbers of ESL students. The report concludes with a suggestion for the inclusion of some coursework in ESL writing in rhetoric and composition programs. ? 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.
着者Braine G.
期刊名称System
出版年份2001
月份6
日期1
卷号29
期次2
出版社Pergamon Press Ltd.
出版地United Kingdom
页次221 - 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/34
国际标準期刊号0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/346-251X
电子国际标準期刊号1879-http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3282
语言英式英语
关键词ESL students, Exit tests, First-year writing courses, Writing programs
