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Refreshing a Writing Course: The Role of Evaluation Presented by: Selvi Herianti En Liu

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Refreshing a Writing Course: The Role of EvaluationPresented by:Selvi HeriantiEn Liu

A risk of Courses that offered year in and year out

Why is Evaluation of courses important?IELTSNoneUniversity Writing Course in New Zealand which was built since 1990s and offered a 100-level first year courses to help non-native speakers of English to meet their writing needsWRITThe Case for ChangeSatisfactory Result ??? Model of academic writing which did not accommodate different disciplines

Declining of lectures attendance which indicates the ineffectiveness of instruction form

Problems: Reading material is too difficult for student to understand

A Response

The Teaching-Learning EnvironmentHeterogeneousSome of them are non experienced teacher of ESL /EFL Graduate students with little or no language teaching experience Diversity background = diversity needs12 Weeks course in English Speaking Country which placing relatively few limitation on the courseThe Teaching-Learning EnvironmentIdentified FactorGeneral EffectSpecific Effect ExamplesLearners enrolling in the course may not be well motivatedTasks and texts that are chosen are likely to motivate the learnersPre-reading activities to arouse interest in textLearners are studying in a university and need to write effectively in that environmentTask need to have face validity within that environmentEmphasis on analysis over descriptionUse compare and contrast writing taskLearners may have little or no knowledge of NZTexts chosen provide opportunities to learn about aspects of NZ culture and societySome use of texts by NZ authors, e.g. Witi IhimaeraLearners come from a range of discipline and have a wide range of English Language proficiency

Individual differences need to be accommodatedGoal of course focuses on awarenessRequirement for revision of writing allows individual needs to be addressedLearners learn to write by writingMany opportunities for writing need to be providedWrite before you read activities in classEffect of outer circle factors on the course designNeeds AnalysisStudent do not have sufficient language skills for success in the university coursesStudents want to write like native speakers(but 12-week course means this is unlikely to be achieved)All of students need to write effectively Application and PrinciplesNation and Macalister, 2010, pp. 38-39

The Goal of the New CourseContent and SequencingTwo ways of viewing the contentTime on task and fluency principles should be considered, that is why these practice should be done regularly.(Spack, 1985)