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Title: Function and Form in Essay Examination Prompts.
Language: English
Authors: Horowitz, Daniel
Source: RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research in Southeast Asia. Dec 1989 20(2):23-35.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 1989
Document Type: Opinion Papers
Journal Articles
Descriptors: Context Clues, Cues, Decoding (Reading), Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Wiseness, Written Language
ISSN: 0033-6882
Abstract: A genre analysis of 284 essay examination prompts reveals specific discoursal characteristics that function to communicate what type of response will be considered legitimate. The finding suggests that, for test-takers to decode prompts, they must draw from the same functional/linguistic knowledge of genre that the test constructor did. (15 references) (Author/LB)
Entry Date: 1993
Accession Number: EJ462647
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