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Chung, Yoo-Ree.

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A test of productive English grammatical ability in academic writing: Development and validation.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	A test of productive English grammatical ability in academic writing: Development and validation./
作者:	Chung, Yoo-Ree.
面頁冊數:	197 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-10A(E).
標題:	English as a second language. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3627378
ISBN:	9781321025583

A test of productive English grammatical ability in academic writing: Development and validation.
Chung, Yoo-Ree.

A test of productive English grammatical ability in academic writing: Development and validation. - 197 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 2014.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation study is intended to develop a test of productive grammatical writing ability in academic English as a supplement to the essay test of the English Placement Test at Iowa State University. In addition, it attempts to validate the score interpretation and use of the academic grammar test, using a validation framework adapted from both Kane's (2006) interpretive/validity argument model and Bachman and Palmer's (2010) Assessment Use Argument (AUA) model. Philosophically grounded in a constructivist-realist approach to the interpretation of test scores, the test particularly aims to measure non-native English speaking students' grammatical writing ability exerted in the academic setting. The entire processes of test development and evaluation are guided by an interpretive argument, which consists of seven inferences--- Domain Description, Evaluation, Generalization, Extrapolation, Explanation, Utilization, and Ramification. Warrants for these seven inferences and underlying assumptions are identified through the interpretive argument, and the necessary types of backing evidence are also specified, to support these assumptions.

ISBN: 9781321025583Subjects--Topical Terms:

516208
English as a second language.

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