Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure.

Banerjee, Jayanti and Wall, Dianne (2006) Assessing and reporting performances on pre-sessional courses: developing a final assessment procedure. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5 (1). pp. 50-69.

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Abstract

As the number of non-native speakers of English studying at universities in the United Kingdom (UK) has grown, so has the need to provide pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. One of the challenges facing the organisers of such courses is deciding how to determine whether students have completed them successfully and whether they are ready to enter their academic departments. This paper reviews research into assessment on pre-sessional and other EAP support courses, and summarises the results of a survey of practice in a number of universities in the UK and other countries. It describes how assessment on pre-sessional courses has evolved at one British institution (Lancaster University), and outlines some of the problems that have led to changes in recent years. Explanations will be given of the methods used to pilot and refine a new assessment procedure and of the attempts that have been made to investigate its validity.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of English for Academic Purposes
Additional Information:
RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
Subjects:
?? english for academic purposesassessmentvalidationpre-sessional eap courseseducationlinguistics and languagelanguage and linguisticsp philology. linguistics ??
ID Code:
3917
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Deposited On:
06 Mar 2008 11:22
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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15 Jul 2024 11:18