ESSAY ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES TO MASTER AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
The article discusses the problem of developing skills in writing for academic purposes in English. The feedback plays a very important role in teaching writing. The students’ attitude questionnaire results towards feedback prove that students value the teacher’s feedback and feel some uncertainty about receiving feedback from their peers. The application of the assessment technique, combining peer and teacher evaluation, to teaching master and graduate students is described. This system makes students self-edit and redraft their essays twice before giving to the teacher for grading. It is shown that this technique contributes to the development of academic writing skills of master and graduate students.
Keywords: teaching writing for academic purposes in English, assessment technique, peer-assessment, selfediting
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Issue: 10, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 10
Rubric: MODERN PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUES
Pages: 202 — 206
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