Building on the Impromptu: A Source-Based Academic Writing Assessment.

Feak, Christine; Dobson, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1996

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Building on the Impromptu: A Source-Based Academic Writing Assessment.

Feak, Christine; Dobson, Barbara

College ESL, v6 n1 p73-84 Jun 1996

Focuses on the assessment of writing skills of incoming English-as-a-Second-Language college students in the United States and Canada. The article discusses the traditional impromptu essay and its alternatives, portfolio assessment and the Undergraduate Academic Writing Assessment (UAWA). The UAWA reveals students' previously unknown strengths and weaknesses. (15 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Design, English for Academic Purposes, Essays, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Portfolio Assessment, Second Language Instruction, Test Format, Test Interpretation, Test Results, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States

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