Editor’s Introduction: Assessing Writing Programs and Their Impacts on Students

Writing Communication: Assessing Both Students and Programs

Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to communicate effectively. Assessment of this outcome occurs at two levels: assessing students' writing abilities and assessing a program's effectiveness in developing their abilities. The paper gives an overview of the two forms of assessment and gives examples of each. The paper then advocates assessment tools that ca...

the effect of audio-taped feedback and conferencing on efl students’ writing ability

: بازخورد یکی از جنبه ها ی ضروری هر دوره ی آموزشی نگارشی – زبانی انگلیسی می باشد که به زبان آموزان مهارت های مورد نیاز جهت بهبود توانایی نگارشی را می آموزد. این تحقیق، با استفاده از طرح پیش آزمون، پس آزمون، و پسا آزمون ، سعی دارد تا تأ?یر نوع بازخورد مدرس در کمک به زبان آموزان جهت بازنویسی نوشته هایشان رابررسی کند ، و آیا اینکه رابطه ای بین نوع بازخورد مدرس و توانایی زبان آموزان در تصحیح غلط ها...

leadership styles of tefl instructors at gilan university and their effects on the students attitudes and motivation

the subjects of the study are only the tefl teachers and students at gilan university. to obtain the desired data, a questionnaire which was based on the theories and disecussions gathered, was used as the main data gathering instrument. to determine the degree of relationship between variables, covariance and pearson product moment correlation coefficient were the formulas applied. the data we...

Digital Libraries: Technological Advances and Social Impacts (Guest Editors' Introduction)

the effect of efl teachers beliefs about teaching reading strategies on their students success and motivation in reading comprehension

previous studies regarding teachers’ beliefs have revealed that teachers’ beliefs have influence on their classroom practices. the current study aimed to investigate the effect of teachers’ beliefs about teaching reading strategies on students’ motivation and success in reading comprehension in the context of english teaching as a foreign language in high schools of mazandaran, iran. data were ...