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ERIC Number: EJ527730
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1060-3743
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ESL Writing Assessment Prompts: How Students Choose.
Polio, Charlene; Glew, Margo
Journal of Second Language Writing, v5 n1 p35-49 Jan 1996
Examines how English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students choose a prompt from several options on a timed-writing exam. Researchers interviewed 26 students after observing them taking a writing exam. Findings indicate that students' background knowledge, question type, and topic specificity influence their decision and that time is not an overriding factor. (27 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cues, English (Second Language), Interviews, Prior Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes, Testing, Time on Task, Writing Tests
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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