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RIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2tion of the relations between test-takers’ first language and the discourse of written performance on the IELTS Academic Writing Test, Task 2Author:A. Mehdi Riazi and John s. Knox. Macquarie University. AustraliaGrant awarded: Round 16. 2010Keywords:IELTS Academic Writing, test validation, computati ielts online rr 2013 2onal text analysis,systemic functional linguistics, genre, appraisal theoryAbstractThis project examines the responses of IELTS candidates to Task 2 oielts online rr 2013 2
f the Academic Writing Test, exploring the relations between candidates’ first language, their band score, and the language features of their texts ThRIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2esenting three LI groups (Arabic L1, Hindi L1, and European-based L1)and three band scores (band 5. 6 and 7) Quantitative analysis was conducted on 254 scripts, measuring text length, readability of the scripts. Word Frequency Level (W'FL), lexical diversity, grammatical complexity, incidence of all ielts online rr 2013 2 connectives and two measures of coreferentiality (argument and stem overlap).Discourse analysis was conducted on a subset of 54 texts, using genre anielts online rr 2013 2
alysis and Appraisal Theory from Systemic Functional Linguistics.Descriptive statistics of textual features indicate that, overall scripts with higherRIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2ve. Significant differences were also found between the three L1 categories at the same band scores. These included, readability at band 7 between Europeanbased L1 and Hindi L1 scripts, lexical diversity at band scores 5 and 6 between European-based L1 and Hindi LI scripts word frequency at band 7 b ielts online rr 2013 2etween Hindi L1 and European-based L1 scripts: cohesion at band 6 between Arabic L1 and European-based L1 scripts, and cohesion also at band 7 betweenielts online rr 2013 2
Hindi L1 and Arabic L1 scriptsSome differences were also found in the discourse analysis, with scripts of European-based L1 candidates more likely toRIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2rom the other two groupsA range of measures (quantitative and discourse analytic) did not show any difference according to L1. The measures found to be good indicators of band score regardless of candidate LI were text length, reading ease and word frequency in the quantitative analysis, and genre a ielts online rr 2013 2nd use of Attitude in the discourse analysisThere were also several unexpected findings, and research is recommended in areas including the input of sielts online rr 2013 2
cripts (handwriting versus typed), the relations between task and genre, and the management of voices' in candidate responses in relation to academic RIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2shed 1Ô9&-2012 in print and on co This publication IS copyright No commercial re-use The research and opinions expressed are or individual researchers and do not represent me views of IELTS The publishers do not accept responsibility for any of me claims made in me researchWeb: wrvw.lslts.orgIELTS R ielts online rr 2013 2esearch Report Series. No.2. 2013 ©www.ielts.or^'researchersPage 1RIAZI AND KNOX- IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2: LI. BAND SCORE AND PERFORMAUTHOR BIODielts online rr 2013 2
ATAA. Mehdi RiaziAssociate Professor Mehdi Riazi is the convenor of the postgraduate units of language assessment and research methods in the DepartmeRIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2 five Master theses have been completed under his supervision at Macquarie University.Before joining Macquarie University, he taught Master and Doctoral courses at Shiraz University. Iran, where he supervised 14 PhD anti approximately 40 Master dissertations on issues related 111 I .SI. leaching and ielts online rr 2013 2 learning. Four of the PhD dissertations and a relatively large number of the Master theses were related to language testing and assessment (includingielts online rr 2013 2
one on Iranian IELTS candidates' attitudes to the IELTS Test -see Rasti 2009).John KnoxIJr John Knox is 3 Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics. RIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2l linguistics, and inullnrioilality.I le has been an Ilil.TS Examiner (1997 2(106). an lliner (1995-1999). and an UCLES Oral Examiner I t.liner Uoordinator (1999 2(XX)).I Jr Knox has also been a consultant to the Aitslralian Adult Migrant ielts online rr 2013 2English Program's (AMI P) National Assessment Task Bank project (2005-2006. 2013). and a consultant to the AMEP c itizenship Course Project as an itemielts online rr 2013 2
writer for the .Australian Cili/enship Test.(December zoos January 2006).Associate Professor Riazi was also team leader of the project which developeRIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2009). He has published and presented papers in journals and conferences on different issues and topics related to ESL pedagogy and assessment.IELTS Research ProgramThe IELTS partners. British Council. Cambridge English Language Assessment and IDP: IELTS Australia, have a longstanding commitment to r ielts online rr 2013 2emain at the forefront of developments in English language testing.The steady evolution of IELTS IS in para el with advances In applied linguistics laielts online rr 2013 2
nguage pedagogy language assessment and technology This ensures the ongoing vaWrty. reliability positive impact and practica'ity of the test Adhere-ceRIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2Language Assessment's Research and Validation unit. The Research and Vai cation unit brtngs together specialists In testing and assessment, statistical analysis and Item-banking applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, and language learning'pedagogy, and provides rigorous quality assurance for the I ielts online rr 2013 2ELTS Test at every stage of development.Externa' research is conducted by independent -esearchers via the joint research program, funded by DP: IELTSielts online rr 2013 2
Australia and British Council, and supported by Cambndge English Language AssessmentCall for research proposalsThe annual call for research proposals RIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigat ielts online rr 2013 2, agrees on research priorities and oversees the allocations of research grants for external research.RIAZI ANO KNOX IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 L1, BAND SCORE AND PERFORMIELTS Research Reports Online SeriISSN 2201-2982 Reference: 2013/2An investigatGọi ngay
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