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Second Language Writing and Assessment: Voices from Within the Saudi EFL Context

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  • Rana Obeid

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This small scale, quantitatively based, research study aimed at exploring one of the most debated areas in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); and that is, the perceptions and attitudes of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers as well as EFL learners at an English Language Institute (ELI) at a major university in the Western region of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz University, towards second language writing assessment. The research study involved, randomly selected twenty-two EFL teachers and seventy-eight EFL students between the period of September 2016 and December 2016. Two, purposefully designed, twenty-item, Likert scale questionnaires were distributed amongst the teachers and students. One for the participating EFL teachers and one for the participating EFL students. Data analysis using descriptive statistical methods indicated several concerns which EFL teachers and students have with regards to the writing assessment in general and to the obstacles EFL teachers face when teaching and assessing writing. In addition, there was an indication of general resentments and strong feelings amongst the EFL students where the majority indicated that they are sometimes graded unfairly and writing assessment should take another, more holistic approach rather a narrow one. The study makes recommendations for future research.

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  • Rana Obeid, 2017. "Second Language Writing and Assessment: Voices from Within the Saudi EFL Context," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(6), pages 174-174, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:10:y:2017:i:6:p:174
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    1. Thikra K. Ghalib & Abdulghani A. Al-Hattami, 2015. "Holistic versus Analytic Evaluation of EFL Writing: A Case Study," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(7), pages 225-225, July.
    2. Arafat Hamouda, 2011. "A Study of Students and Teachers' Preferences and Attitudes towards Correction of Classroom Written Errors in Saudi EFL Context," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 4(3), pages 128-128, September.
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    1. Abdullah Alshakhi, 2019. "Revisiting the Writing Assessment Process at a Saudi English Language Institute: Problems and Solutions," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(1), pages 176-176, January.

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