Politics of English second language writing assessment in global contexts / edited by Todd Ruecker and Deborah Crusan.

BW/181/Rs.3397/-

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The intersections of politics and second language writing assessment: what we know / Todd Ruecker and Deborah Crusan -- Local and national policy contexts. Worlds apart, but in the same boat: how macro-level policy influences EFL writing pedagogy in China, Mexico, and Poland / Estela Ene and Katarzyna Hryniuk -- Vignette: The Importance of Context in Second Language Writing Evaluation / Theresa A. Orlovsky -- Foreign Language Writing Assessment and Brazilian Educational Policies / Luciana C. de Oliveira, Solange Aranha, and Fernando Zolin-Vesz -- Sociopolitical Contexts of EFL Writing Assessment in Vietnam: Impact of a National Project / Xuan Minh Ngo -- Vignette: policy makers, assessment practices, and ethical dilution / Hadi Banat -- English Writing Assessment in the context of Iran: The Double life of Iranian Test-takers / Fahimeh Marefat and Mojtaba Heydari -- High Stakes Assessment. High-Stakes English Writing Assessment in Egyptian Secondary Schools: Historical Testing Orientations and Current Instructional Practices / Muhammad M. Abdel Latif and Abdelbaset Haridy -- Vignette: Error Recognition: A So-Called "Writing" Assessment? / Pornpimol Sukavatee and Bee Chamcharatsri -- "Write an E-mail to Your Friend in England": Assessment of the Written English Matura Exam in Poland / Aleksandra Swatek and Aleksandra Kasztalska -- Vignette: Assessing English Linguistic Knowledge and Writing Skills in Secondary Schools Through State Matura Exam: The Case of Macedonia / Mira Bekar -- Righting Writing Practices? An exam reform's impact on L2 writing teaching and assessment / Benjamin Kremmel, Kathrin Eberharter, and Michael Maurer -- Impacts and Responses to a University High Stakes Writing Test / Gordon West and Bala Thiruchelvam -- Seeking Solutions: Assessing Better Locally and Internationally. Writing Academically and Creatively: Moving Beyond Test-Driven Writing Instruction in a Chinese University / Chenchen Huang and Xiaoye You -- Vignette: When Are Students Ready Enough?: Issues and Dilemmas Around Assessment of L2 Writers in a WAC Program / Hee-Seung Kang -- Accommodating Writing Tests for Second Language Learners with Disabilities / Natalie Nordby Chen and Renee Saulter -- E-portfolio Project: Assessing Language Teacher Learning in the Chilean Desert / Betsy Gilliland, Katterine Pavez Bravo, and Andrea Muñoz Galleguillos -- The Value of Usage-based Approaches to Diagnostic Placement Assessment in Graduate EAP / Megan M. Siczek and Natalia Dolgova -- Vignette: Challenging the Deficit Mindset: The WIDA Can Do Philosophy in a Second Language Writing Context / Mark Chapman, Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Jing Wei, and Tanya Bitterman -- Afterword / Christine Pearson Casanave.