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ERIC Number: EJ410383
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Providing Relevant Content in an EAP Writing Test.
Read, John
English for Specific Purposes, v9 n2 p109-21 1990
Considers the question of how best to elicit samples of writing for assessment in an English-for-academic-purposes proficiency test and assure that every test taker has something to write about. Three types of writing tasks are defined and analyzed, and examples are given. (25 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Prior Learning, Scores, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Writing Evaluation, Writing Skills, Writing Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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