samples of participants’ writing were scored by two raters using toefl writing scoring rubric. the readability index of each text was calculated through the use of six readability formulae and graphs, i.e., flesch-kincaid index, reading ease index, fog index, smog formula, fry’s graph, and dale-chall readability index. the scores given to each essay were later compared to the obtained readabili...

Researchers and scholars have been attracted by the idea of using integrated writing task along with independent writing task to best assess the EFL learners’ writing competence. This study was conducted to compare the writing performance of EFL students in integrated and independent writing tasks. It also aimed to find out if writing performance varies with task types. A number of thirty Irani...

Bu araştırmada prozodik okuma becerisinin değerlendirilmesinde öğretmenlerin dereceli puanlama anahtarı (DPA) kullanma durumları ve DPA deneyimlerine ilişkin görüşlerini ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma temel nitel araştırma deseniyle yürütülmüş, çalışma grubunun belirlenmesinde amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden ölçüt tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya dört Türkçe, üç sınıf öğretmeni olmak...

For many years, universities have aspired to develop in students so-called ‘soft skills’ or graduate qualities (GQs), such as critical thinking and teamwork, that enhance both students’ employability citizen scholarship. GQs are often said be ‘embedded’ courses, but saying this does not of itself provide evidence developed the qualities. Our University has recently proposed using common rubrics...

Abstract To master complex skills, it is important to practice regularly and form a mental model of the strived-for skills. If you know for which mastery level are striving can mirror performances against this benchmark with help others, then focus on practicing deficient sub-skills become ‘master’. Although regular structured indispensable, secondary schools do often not facilitate in daily ed...

Researchers and scholars have been attracted by the idea of using integrated writing task along with independent writing task to best assess the EFL learners’ writing competence. This study was conducted to compare the writing performance of EFL students in integrated and independent writing tasks. It also aimed to find out if writing performance varies with task types. A number of thirty Irani...

Driven by the pathological situation caused this COVID-19 pandemic, paper discusses human ideal as argued Nietzsche in his concept of Übermensch (Superman). It also exposes Filipino’s yearning to live through “magpakatao” (to be human). Using textual analysis, I attempt see similarities and differences between Nietzsche’s Filipinos’ “ magpakatao” order come up with a synthesized better ideal. T...