Designing and validating an assessment rubric for writing emails in English as a foreign language
Autor:innen
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
27.03.2023
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Sammlung
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
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Übergeordnetes Werk
Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning (RISTAL)
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Jahrgang / Band
6
Ausgabe / Nummer
1
Seiten / Dauer
16-48
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Sciendo
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Abtretungsempfänger:in
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Zusammenfassung
Rubrics are defined as coherent sets of criteria for students’ work that include detailed descriptions of quality for a specific learning task. They are used in different subjects to guide student learning and assess its results. This study demonstrates the design and development of an assessment rubric for writing emails in English as a foreign language (EFL). As English emails are a key form of communication in the globalised world, it is essential to have a rubric which is both fit for classroom use and empirically validated. In our study, six raters were trained to assess a sample of N = 1017 emails from learners at lower secondary level in Switzerland. We evaluate the reliability of the ratings by assessing inter-rater agreement after a period of training and by comparing their scores to those of an expert rater. Further, we analyse the linguistic quality of learner texts by focusing on four key markers of emails and compare this analysis to our rubric based scores to analyse its face validity. Our results show high reliability and validity of the rubric. We discuss the potential of such rubrics to improve teaching quality in various subjects and learning domains.
Schlagwörter
Assessment rubrics, English as a foreign language, Writing, Validating, Emails, Lower secondary school
Fachgebiet (DDC)
370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
Veranstaltung
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Enddatum der Ausstellung
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ISBN
ISSN
2616-7697
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Gold
Lizenz
Zitation
KELLER, Stefan Daniel, Ruth TRÜB, Emily RAUBACH, Jennifer MEYER, Thorben JANSEN und Johanna FLECKENSTEIN, 2023. Designing and validating an assessment rubric for writing emails in English as a foreign language. Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning (RISTAL). 27 März 2023. Bd. 6, Nr. 1, S. 16–48. DOI 10.2478/ristal-2023-0002. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4885