The aim of this study is to examine the variability in and reliability of scores assigned to
different quality EFL compositions by EFL instructors and their rating behaviors. Using a …

This study set out to examine the main challenges of teaching English for specific purposes
(ESP) to medical students regarding their current foreign language needs, lacks, and …

Personality is an inherent rater's characteristic influencing rating severity, but very few
studies examined their relationship and the findings were inconclusive. This study aimed to …

Internationalization of professional and educational domains witnessed in the world in
recent years has dramatically raised the significance of good writing skills in English as L2 …

Przedmiotem pracy jest problematyka tworzenia wypowiedzi pisemnej w języku angielskim
jako języku obcym przez uczniów klasy maturalnej o różnych cechach osobowości …

This paper sought to explore cultural preferences for analytic and holistic thinking in
classification. Experiment 1 paired the Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins (SHJ) tasks with the …

This study, prompted by a critical incident within the language classroom, is based on Darvin
and Norton's (2015a) model of investment and an analysis of narratives of two Iranian EFL …

The present study examines the influence of raters' personality traits on the rating process of
L2 argumentative writing and their interactions with argument positions. Four Korean EFL …

Subjective rating is a widely adopted practice in human assessment and measurement.
Without a careful control of severity among raters in grading, both the validity and reliability …

Utilizing the scores obtained from a teacher entrance test used in an English language
institute as a means of selection, the researchers selected 100 out of 121 female teacher …