Akef, K., & Hajhashemi, K. (2012). A Model for Developing Rating Scale Descriptors: Assessing EFL Writing Process. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.Abstract: The role of writing in social interactions is becoming more and more evident in modern communities. The increasing use of personal computers and the rapid growth of the Internet have emphasized the importance of writing skill among the four skills. As a result, the ability to speak and write a second language is becoming widely recognized as an important skill for educational, business, and personal reasons. The use of performance assessment as a measure of writing language skills in English as a second or foreign language has become a common practice all over the world. This book provides an assessment model that can help teachers to observe and evaluate student writers’ performances during the writing process. We hope that applying such a model for writing assessment can provide teaching practitioners with a better diagnostic tool for the evaluation of learners who are more likely to perform differently in different stages of the writing process.
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Kourosh AkefKarim Hajhashemi
A Model for DevelopingRating Scale Descriptors
Assessing EFL Writing Process
The role of writing in social interactions is becoming more and
moreevident in modern communities. The increasing use of personal
computersand the rapid growth of the Internet have emphasized the
importance ofwriting skill among the four skills. As a result, the
ability to speak and writea second language is becoming widely
recognized as an important skill foreducational, business, and
personal reasons. The use of performanceassessment as a measure of
writing language skills in English as a second orforeign language
has become a common practice all over the world. Thisbook provides
an assessment model that can help teachers to observe andevaluate
student writers performances during the writing process. Wehope
that applying such a model for writing assessment can
provideteaching practitioners with a better diagnostic tool for the
evaluation oflearners who are more likely to perform differently in
different stages ofthe writing process.
Kourosh AkefDr. Akef is an assistant professor in IAU,
CentralTehran, responsible for teaching M.A. courses in TEFLand
Translation Studies. His research interestsconcern EFL writing,
TESL/TEFL and translationstudies. Karim Hajhashemi is a PhD
candidate at JCUin Australia. He has completed his MA in
Englishlanguage and holds a B.A. in English Translation.
