Assessing EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World

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This book empirically explores assessment of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) writing in different Arab world contexts at the university level, which often presents a challenge for teachers and students alike. Analysing a number of different practices throughout the chapters including peer assessment, self-assessment, e-rubrics and writing coherence, the authors highlight different issues and challenges that affect the assessment of EFL writing in the Arab world, and provide valuable insights into how it can be improved. This book is sure to become an important practical resource for practitioners, researchers, professors and graduate students working on EFL writing in this region.
Abdelhamid Ahmed is Assistant Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education at Helwan University, Egypt. He specialises in Applied Linguistics and TESOL.
Hassan Abouabdelkader is Professor of English at Moulay Ismail University, Morocco.<
Highlights issues and challenges that affect the assessment of EFL writing in the Arab world

Examines the Arab world, an area which is often neglected by EFL researchers
Provides practical guidance for teachers and researchers working with EFL students in this part of the world
Highlights issues and challenges that affect the assessment of EFL writing in the Arab world Examines the Arab world, an area which is often neglected by EFL researchers Provides practical guidance for teachers and researchers working with EFL students in this part of the world

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Abdelhamid Ahmed

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“Assessing EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World: Revealing the Unknown is a very important attempt to address writing assessment issues within the Arab context, a region that has not received the due attention in the literature.” (Dr. Atta Gebril, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, the American University in Cairo, Egypt)

“Overall, Assessing EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World: Revealing the Unknown offers a number of interesting papers and perspectives to explore the issues of writing assessment. The chapters collectively would take forward existing scholarship on writing assessment in the Arabic university context.” (Dr. Icy Lee, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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