Assessing EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World

Highlights issues and challenges that affect the assessment of EFL writing in the Arab world

Examines the Arab world, an area which is often neglected by EFL researchers
Provides practical guidance for teachers and researchers working with EFL students in this part of the world

Autorentext
Abdelhamid Ahmed is Assistant Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education at Helwan University, Egypt. He specialises in Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

Hassan Abouabdelkader is Professor of English at Moulay Ismail University, Morocco.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Assessment of EFL Writing in Some Arab World University Contexts: Issues and Challenges; Abdelhamid Ahmed.- Chapter 2. The Effect of Self-Assessment as a Revision Technique on Egyptian EFL Students' Expository Essay Writing; Nehal Sadek.- Chapter 3. Topical Structure Analysis: Assessing First-Year Egyptian University Students' Internal Coherence of Their EFL Writing; Noha Omaya Shabana.- Chapter 4. Moroccan EFL University Students' Composing Skills in the Balance: Assessment Procedures and Outcomes; Soufiane Abouabdelkader.- Chapter 5. The Impact of Self and Peer Assessment on L2 Writing: The Case of Moodle Workshops; Abdelmajid Bouziane and Hicham Zyad.- Chapter 6. English Writing Assessment and the Arabic Speaker: A Qualitative Longitudinal Retrospective on Arabic-Speaking Medical Students in Qatar; Alan S. Weber.- Chapter 7. Investigating Assessment Literacy in Tunisia: The Case of EFL University Writing Teachers; Moez Athimni.- Chapter 8. EFL Assessment and the Construction of Positioned Writer Identities in Gulf University Students; Lelania Sperrazza.- Chapter 9. ELT Professors' Perspectives on the Use of E-rubrics in an Academic Writing Class in a University in the UAE; Rana Raddawi and Neslihan Bilikozen.- Chapter 10. EFL Writing Assessment and Evaluation Rubrics in Yemen;Thikra Kaed Ghalib.- Chapter 11. Conclusion; Hassan Abouabdelkader.