Assessing EFL writing in the 21st century Arab world : revealing the unknown / Abdelhamid Ahmed, Hassan Abouabdelkader, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Assessment of EFL Writing in some Arab University Contexts: Issues and Challenges / Abdelhamid Ahmed.- Chapter 2. The Effect of Self-Assessment as a Revision Technique on Egyptian EFL Students' Expository Essay Writing / Nehal Sadek.- Chapter 3. Topical Structure Analysis: Assessing First-Year Egyptian University Students' Internal Coherence of their EFL Writing / Noha Omaya Shabana.- Chapter 4. Moroccan EFL University students' composing skills in the balance: Assessment procedures and outcomes / Hassan Abouabdelkader and Soufiane Abouabdelkader.- Chapter 5. The impact of self- and peer assessment on EFL writing: The case of Moodle workshops / Abdelmajid Bouziane and Hicham Zyad.- Chapter 6. English Writing Assessment and the Arabic Speaker: A Ten-Year Longitudinal Retrospective on Arabic-Speaking Medical Students in Qatar / Alan S. Weber.- Chapter 7. Investigating writing assessment literacy in Tunisia: The case of university EFL writing teachers / Moez Athimni.- Chapter 8. EFL Assessment and the Construction of Writer Identity in Gulf University Students / Lelania Sperrazza.- Chapter 9. ELT Professors' Perspectives on the Use of E-rubrics in a Required Writing Class in a University in the UAE / Rana Raddawi and Neslihan Bilikozen.- Chapter 10. Assessment of academic EFL writing in the UAE via IELTS: A critical evaluation / Anthony Solloway.- Chapter 11. EFL Writing Assessment and Evaluation Rubrics in Yemen / Thikra Kaed Ghalib.- Chapter 12. Conclusion.

This book empirically explores assessment of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) writing in different Arab world contexts at the university level, which often presents a challenge for teachers and students alike. Analysing a number of different practices throughout the chapters including peer assessment, self-assessment, e-rubrics and writing coherence, the authors highlight different issues and challenges that affect the assessment of EFL writing in the Arab world, and provide valuable insights into how it can be improved. This book is sure to become an important practical resource for practitioners, researchers, professors and graduate students working on EFL writing in this region.