Assessing Second Language Writing in Academic Contexts (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments Series Preface Introduction Basic Concepts PART I: THE WRITER Assessment by Misconception: Cultural Influences and Intellectual Traditions Reading the World Differently: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Writing Assessment The Writer's Knowledge and Knowledge of the Writer PART II: THE TASK ESL Writing Assessments: Contradictions and Resolutions Pre-text: Task-Related Influences of the Writer PART III: THE READER Holistic Assessment: What Goes on in the Raters' Minds? Reconstructing "Academic Writing Proficiency" Statistical Support for Training ESL Composition Rating PART IV: RELATING THE ASSESSMENT TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY Faculty Assessment of ESL Student Literacy Skills: Implications for Writing Assessment Error Gravity: Faculty Response to Errors in the Written Discourse of Nonnative Speakers of English Placement of ESL/EFL Undergraduate Writers in College-Level Writing Programs Linguistic/Rhetorical Measures for Evaluating ESL Writing Using Performance Assessment Instruments with ESL Student Writers Scoring Procedures for ESL Contexts PART V: ACCOUNTABILITY Issues in Evaluating and Maintaining an ESL Writing Assessment Program Program Evaluation Procedures: Reporting the Program Publicly within the Political Context CONCLUSION Issues and Directions in Assessing Second Language Writing in Academic Contexts Glossary Contributors Author Index Subject Index