Instructors' perceptions of English 101 writing exam grading criteria used in the faculty of academic English Program at Bilkent University

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This study aimed at finding out ENG 101 instructors̕ perceptions of the common ENG 101 writing exam grading criteria used in the Faculty of Academic English at Bilkent University. The main purpose of the study was to see what the instructors perceive as the positive and negative attributes of the criteria. Fifty five instructors were involved in the study. The data were collected through quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments. In order to collect data, the instructors were asked to fill in a questionnaire which consisted of both closed-ended response items using a likert-type scale and open-ended response items. Close-response items provided quantitative data and the qualitative data were derived from open-response items and the second instrument was interviews held with six volunteered instructors. The results showed that the instructors were mostly satisfied with the criteria in terms of its overall effectiveness, bands, and match between the course writing objectives and the criteria. However, the main problem found was about the equal weighting of the categories and the participants̕ lack of belief that the criteria were applied in a standard way across the Faculty of Academic English program. Based on the findings, suggestions were made taking into consideration the instructors̕ comments and evaluations.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15438

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Y. Tarkan, “Instructors’ perceptions of English 101 writing exam grading criteria used in the faculty of academic English Program at Bilkent University,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.