Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Education Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Theses/Dissertations

Dissertations and Theses

Linguistics

English language -- Composition and exercises -- Ability testing

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Education

Syntactic Complexity, Error And The Holistic Evaluation Of Esl Student Essays, John S. Sparks Jan 1988

Syntactic Complexity, Error And The Holistic Evaluation Of Esl Student Essays, John S. Sparks

Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to test five hypotheses in order to answer the following general research questions: 1) Are measures of syntactic complexity valid indices of ESL writing quality as measured by the holistic rating of student essays? 2) Would a measure of frequency and seriousness of error reflect evaluators' perceptions of ESL writing quality?

Go to article