This paper reports the initial findings of an ongoing investigation into the summary writing performance of university students in Taiwan. Forty-six students at the high-intermediate and advanced levels of proficiency participated in this study, in which they were asked to read two argumentative English texts and write a summary in English for each source text. Frameworks from Friend (2001), Ri...

Assessing summaries is a demanding, yet useful task which provides valuable information on language competence, especially for second language learners. We consider automated scoring of college-level summary writing task in English as a second language (EL2). We adopt the Reading-forUnderstanding (RU) cognitive framework, extended with the Reading-to-Write (RW) element, and use analytic scoring...

Writing high-quality test questions is not an easy task. This report offers a brief summary of how to write more effective multiple choice questions and reasoning questions based on the principles of adult learning theory. The intent of this article is to present a brief overview of information for readers at a formative level who are interested in basic question-writing tips.

SUMMARY Within the mode of "biomythography" that owes its identification as a genre to Audre Lorde's ZAMI,Jewelle Gomez examines her own writing processes. Her explorations revolve around her work-in-process about her great grandmother's life. Issues of truth, memory, history, race, and community are considered. The author also discusses the embodied nature of writing.