| dc.contributor.author | Hattingh, Karien | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Walt, Johann L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-29T09:27:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-29T09:27:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hattingh, K. & Van der Walt, J.L. 2013. The development and validation of a rating scale for ESL essay writing. Journal for language teaching = Tydskrif vir taalonderrig. 47(1):73-105. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/sa_epublication/langt] | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9570 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14166 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article describes an empirical procedure for developing and validating a rating scale for assessing essays in English as a second language. The study was motivated by a concern for the validity of the scoring grid currently used to assess ESL essay writing at Grade 12 in the final end-of-year examination in South Africa. Following an argument-based validation framework based on the work of Kane, we describe the development, trialling and revision of a rating scale. An empirical procedure, based on an analysis of a sample of Grade 12 ESL essay writing, was followed to develop a new rating scale. The validation process is presented in four phases as part of a specification of an evaluation inference. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jlt.v47i1.4 | |
| dc.description.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/sa_epublication/langt | |
| dc.description.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/document/EJC143067 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | South African Association of Language Teaching (SAALT) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Writing assessment | en_US |
| dc.subject | validation | en_US |
| dc.subject | scoring validity | en_US |
| dc.subject | rating scale development | en_US |
| dc.subject | ESL writing | en_US |
| dc.subject | multi-faceted Rasch measurement | en_US |
| dc.title | The development and validation of a rating scale for ESL essay writing | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 12120391 - Van den Berg, Karien | |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 10178309 - Van der Walt, Johannes Lodewyk | |
