Another finding was a student perception of subgroups among the evaluation questions, implying that not all questions should be counted equally. These results raise issues of fairness in the use of student evaluations of ESL teachers for purposes of personnel decisions.ANN K. WENNERSTROM...
Student completes homework every night 1 2 3 4 1(Genesee Upshur, 1996, p. 88) 2 (Genesee Upshur, 1996, p. 90) TRY ASSESSING! Read the ESL writing sample and use the checklist to assess it. Then talk to a partner: What did you like about it? What problems did you encounter? WHY...
Moderator analysis examines the factors influencing the effects of online feedback. Borenstein et al. (2009) point out that a random-effects model cannot estimate between studies variance with precision if the sample size is small. Instead, a fixed-effect model should be applied when the sample ...
In addition, this paper also aims for a graphically represented mode of EFL/ESL textbook analysis as a reaction to subjective rule-of-thumb evaluation procedures. Specifically, a sample procedure is offered here to demonstrate how such a framework can be applied or weighted to suit a particular ...
Photocopies of handout for each student. Anticipated problems and solutions Problem: Students may be unable to think of three things they did as a child but don’t do now on the spur of the moment. Solution: Provide prompts and examples if necessary. ...
Thick meticulous academic air has stirred up students’ language craze: student societies have sprung up like mushrooms; the learning atmosphere has run unprecedentedly high. At the English Corner or the Russian Corner, students gather there practicing oral languages and training each other; in the ...
Effects of task and rater background on the evaluation of ESL student writing: A pilot study - Weigle, Boldt, et al. - 2003Weigle, S. C., Boldt, H., & Valsecchi, M. I. (2003). Effects of task and rater background on the evaluation of ESL student writing: A pilot study. TESOL...
Grading between the lines: What really impacts professor's holistic evaluation of ESL graduate student writing? [J]. Language Assessment Quarterly 7(3): 219- 233.Huang, J., & Foote, C. (2010). Grading between the lines: what really impacts professors' holistic evaluation of ESL graduate ...