Diagnosing writing ability using China’s Standards of English Language Ability: Application of cognitive diagnosis models

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 100565
Author(s):  
Lianzhen He ◽  
Ziyun Jiang ◽  
Shangchao Min
Author(s):  
Johnson Ocan

The chapter discusses opinions about grammar as a prescriptive diction in academic writing. It also argues that the problem of personal pronouns can be used to analyze the language used by post-graduate students in low-resource setting and others whether in speech or writing, in non-literally discourse or literature. The chapter analyzes four maxims of good writing: Make your language easy to follow; be clear; be economical; and be effective. To successfully create knowledge, especially at postgraduate level, authors must communicate concisely to present their sense.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Spiros Papageorgiou ◽  
Sha Wu ◽  
Ching‐Ni Hsieh ◽  
Richard J. Tannenbaum ◽  
Mengmeng Cheng

Author(s):  
Ade Rahima ◽  
Repha Krisdianti

This research is aimed at describing two things, 1) the forms of English code-mixing in the Indonesian utterance on the program PW Banget by Radio announcer Elria Buana Jambi, 2) the factors of code-mixing of English into Indonesian language by Radio announcer Elria Buana Jambi. This research is qualitative descriptive with content analysis technique. The data of this research was acquired from the broadcast record of Radio Elria Buana Jambi and interview with announcer of Radio Elria Buana Jambi. The result of this research are. 1) the forms of code-mixing in the form of word, phrase, and clause are as follows: there are 38 quotations in the form of word pieces; there are 15 quotations in the form phrase pieces;  there are 2 quotations in the form of clause pieces; and the most dominant of code-mixing code occured is word pieces. 2) The dominant factor which causes the code-mixing by announcer of Radio Elria Buana Jambi is  the identification of role which covers social and registral which is derived from three causes: a) the choice of language is adjusted with the condition of broadcasting program;  b) the lack of English language ability of the announcer; c)  the use of uncommon English language by the youth (unconventional).


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Xuelian Li

Based on the articles written by mainland Chinese scholars published in the most influential Chinese and international journals, the present article analyzed the language testing research, compared the tendencies of seven categories between 2000-2009 and 2010-2019, and put forward future research directions by referring to international hot topics. Of all the seven categories of research topics, validity, performance test and China’s Standards of English Language Ability were three most popular themes, while classroom assessment, technology, rater/test taker differences and professionalization were much less popular. Except for research on performance test and technology, the other five aspects showed an increase in the second decade, with that of China’s Standards of English Language Ability rising the most dramatically. Referring to international research trends, the research predicted that validity, classroom assessment, China’s Standards of English Language Ability and professionalization, especially the ethics and social justice, might be the promising research topics for language testers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1215
Author(s):  
Xunfeng Yin

Besides imparting knowledge, college English course is also a language carrier for students to understand western culture and a way to improve their comprehensive cultural literacy. Therefore, under the guidance of General Education theory, this paper attempts to integrate the appreciation of English literary translations into College English teaching, so that non-English majors can improve their English language ability, at the same time, they can improve their critical appreciation ability and cultural accomplishment.


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