Second Language Development in Writing: Measures of Fluency, Accuracy and Complexity: No 17 (National Foreign Language Center technical reports) - Softcover

Wolfe-Quintero, Kate; Etc.; Inagaki, Shunji; Hae-Young Kim

 
9780824820695: Second Language Development in Writing: Measures of Fluency, Accuracy and Complexity: No 17 (National Foreign Language Center technical reports)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 082482069X ISBN 13: 9780824820695
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998

Synopsis

In this book, the authors analyze and compare the ways in which fluency, accuracy and grammatical complexity have been measured in studies of language development in second language writing. More than 100 developmental measures are examined, with detailed comparisons of the results across the studies that have used each measure. The authors discuss the theoretical foundations for each type of developmental measure, and they consider the relationship between developmental measures and various types of proficiency measures. The authors also examine criteria for determining which developmental measures are the most successful, and they suggest which measures are the most promising for continuing work on language development.

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About the Author

Wolfe-Quintero teaches in the English as a Second Language and Second Language Acquisition Programs at the University of Hawai'i.

Inagaki is a Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of Linguistics at McGill University.

Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Hawai'i.

Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Hawai'i.

Inagaki is a Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of Linguistics at McGill University.

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Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
082482069X
ISBN 13 
9780824820695
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208