Table of contents - Special Issue: ELA/literacy assessment: the good, the bad and the ugly
Assessing the field: Students and teachers of writing in high-stakes literacy testing in Australia
Emily Frawley, Larissa McLean DaviesThe purpose of this paper is to explore the interface between high-stakes testing, disciplinary knowledge and teachers’ pedagogy in English. The most prevalent standardized…
“I had been given the space to grow”: An innovative model of assessment in subject English in New South Wales, Australia
Jackie Manuel, Don CarterThis paper aims to provide a critical interpretative analysis of an innovative model of assessment in subject English in New South Wales, Australia. The purpose of this paper is…
“Resisting the rage for certainty”: dialogic assessment: A case study of one secondary English subject classroom in the UK
Sue Brindley, Bethan MarshallThe purpose of this paper is to report on one UK secondary school English teacher and use his practice as a vehicle for exploring the classroom realities of dialogic assessment…
Bringing innovation to conventional feedback approaches in EFL secondary writing classrooms: A Hong Kong case study
Icy Lee, Pauline Mak, Anne BurnsThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the teachers implemented innovative feedback approaches in their writing classroom and the extent to which the innovative feedback…
Towards developing a multi-aspectual framework for systematic evaluation of locally prepared ELT materials
Reza Biria, Abbas Mehrabi BoshrabadiThis paper aims to develop a multi-aspectual framework for evaluating locally prepared English language teaching (ELT) materials used for Iranian senior high school students. Many…
College students’ awareness in organizational strategy use in English writing: A Taiwan-based study
Shih-Chieh ChienThe purpose of the study is to look at Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ organizational strategy use in English writing at universities in Taiwan. One…
Teaching spoken English in Iran’s private language schools: issues and options
Karim Sadeghi, Jack C. RichardsMastery of spoken English is a priority for many learners of English in Iran. Opportunities to acquire spoken English through the public school system are very limited, hence many…
ISSN:
2059-5727e-ISSN:
1175-8708ISSN-L:
1175-8708Online date, start – end:
2015Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Audrey Lucero
- Melissa Schieble
- Amy Vetter