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Dynamic Assessment of Students’ Academic Writing: Vygotskian and Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspectives

Autor Prithvi N. Shrestha
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This book explores the application of an innovative assessment approach known as Dynamic Assessment (DA) to academic writing assessment, as developed within the Vygotskian sociocultural theory of learning. DA blends instruction with assessment by targeting and further developing students’ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
The book presents the application of DA to assessing academic writing by developing a set of DA procedures for academic writing teachers. It further demonstrates the application of Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), combined with DA, to track undergraduate business management students’ academic writing and conceptual development in distance education.
This work extends previous DA studies in three key ways: i) it explicitly focuses on the construction of a macrogenre (whole text) as opposed to investigations of decontextualized language fragments, ii) it offers the first in-depth application of the powerful SFL tool to analyse students’ academic writing to track their academic writing trajectory in DA research, and iii) it identifies a range of mediational strategies and consequently expands Poehner’s (2005) framework of mediation typologies.
Dynamic Assessment of Students’ Academic Writing will be of great value to academic writing researchers and teachers, language assessment researchers and postgraduate students interested in academic writing, alternative assessment and formative feedback in higher education.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030558444
ISBN-10: 3030558444
Pagini: 246
Ilustrații: XXVI, 246 p. 56 illus., 19 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Introduction to Dynamic Assessment.- Sociocultural Theory and Academic Writing.-     Systemic Functional Linguistics, Dynamic Assessment and Academic Writing.- Higher Education, Academic Writing Assessment and Formative Feedback.- Application of Dynamic Assessment to Distance Education.- Tutor Mediation, Learner Reciprocity and Academic Writing Development.- Tracking Learners' Academic Writing and Conceptual Development through Systemic Functional Linguistics.- Conclusion.

Recenzii

“This most recent book … is a welcome addition to the literature. … the book’s writing style is compelling and straightforward. The wise word choices and detailed explanations engage readers to follow the text. …The book will nonetheless likely be an invaluable resource for early-career teachers and researchers whose concern and research interest are in teaching and assessing academic writing from a dynamic perspective. … we recommend this book be included in undergraduate, graduate, and English for specific and vocational purposes programs.” (Hassan Mohebbi and Martin East, Journal of Second Language Writing, June 4, 2022)

Notă biografică

Dr Prithvi N. Shrestha, an award-winning author (British Council ELTons), is Senior Lecturer in English Language at The Open University, UK. He has co-authored English for Academic and Specific Purposes books and published research articles on academic writing assessment in distance education and English language education. His research interests include academic writing, Systemic Functional Linguistics, sociocultural theory, writing assessment, mobile learning and teacher development in developing countries.

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This book explores the application of an innovative assessment approach known as Dynamic Assessment (DA) to academic writing assessment, as developed within the Vygotskian sociocultural theory of learning. DA blends instruction with assessment by targeting and further developing students’ Zone of Proximal Development. Thus, the book applies DA to assess academic writing by developing a set of DA procedures for academic writing teachers. It further demonstrates the application of Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), combined with DA, to track undergraduate business management students’ academic writing and conceptual development in distance education.
 
This work extends previous DA studies in three key ways: i) it explicitly focuses on the construction of a macrogenre (whole text) as opposed to investigations of decontextualized language fragments, ii) it offers the first in-depth application of the powerful SFL tool to analyse students’ academic writing to track their academic writing trajectory in DA research, and iii) it identifies a range of mediational strategies and consequently expands Poehner’s (2005) framework of mediation typologies. The book will be of great value to academic writing researchers and teachers, language assessment researchers and postgraduate students interested in academic writing, alternative assessment and formative feedback in higher education.
 The significant and original contribution of this volume arises particularly from the combination of dynamic assessment (DA) and systemic functional linguistics (SFL) in an academic writing context in UK higher education. This will resonate with researchers and practitioners interested in the development of university student writing skills in EAP programmes, in writing centres, in learning centres or in English in the disciplines programmes. The approach is clearly explained and includes three analysis chapters (focusing on business case study analysis genres; tutor-student DA mediation, and transfer potential) that could separately or together usefully inform practice or research. Sheena Gardner, Coventry University.
 
In this book, Shrestha applies an original blend of theory and practice in a demonstration of how feedback dialogue around academic writing can inform disciplinary meaning-making. That the dialogue was carried out in an entirely digital environment makes the book particularly timely at this moment when higher education looks set for a digital transformation. Dr Jim Donohue, SFHEA, Manchester Metropolitan University.


Caracteristici

Provides first in-depth insights into the application of dynamic assessment for assessment of academic writing Clarifies the procedures of applying dynamic assessment to assess learners in open and distance education Offers an alternative approach to writing assessment and formative feedback in higher education