We would like to know the main points you look for in marking a writing skill exam.
Good spelling, Proper grammar, good punctuation, how wordy, and techniques of proper writings.
It depends on the objectives of the exam. Usually coherence and cohesion, punctuation, tenses, choice of vocabulary, words order and verb-subject agreement are among major issues to be assessed in writing exams. In other words, to check that it is grammatically accurate with a good coherence and cohesion.
I would consider developing a rubric for each writing component or using what other have designed.
1. Content = To what extend the students follow the prompt
2. Organization
3. Word Choice and vocabulary range
4. Grammar = What is the range of grammar used in the writing.
Thank you very much, Drs. Marwah Firas Abdullah Al Rawe, Sabri T. S. Ahmed, Faisal Mustafa for your interesting answers. Best regards.
Hazim.
I agree with Faisal Mustafa. You can use a rubric, but I would suggest adding other writing components, Coherence and cohesion, spelling, punctuation marks, paragraphing, clarity and completeness.
Thank you very much, Dr. Aida Mohammad Ali Bakir for your interesting answer. Best regards.
Hazim.
The key features are mentioned by my colleagues but in different order. I would order them as: grammar, punctuation, organization, content, coherence, and conciseness.
Thank you very much, Dr. Abdullah Noori for your interesting answer.
Best regards.
Hazim.
In addition to focusing on the linguistic issues at the morphosyntactic level such as grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary and so on, writing exams need to be built with attention paid to issues at the discourse level such as cohesion and coherence.
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