The Role of Dynamic Assessment and Online Intelligent Essay Assessor in IELTS Writing Performance

The present study has two main phases. Firstly, inspired by the undeniable role of Dynamic Assessment as a way to change the traditional assessment in favor of students, the current study aimed at investigating the impact of dynamic assessment on the IELTS writing performance of IELTS candidates. To that end, ۲۸ IELTS candidates were selected to undergo the procedure of three Mediated Learning Experience components namely: Intentionality, Reciprocity, and Transcendence. The result of paired sample t-test depicted that IELTS candidates improved more in dynamic assessment in comparison with their nondynamic assessment counterparts. As for the second part of the study, an online scoring system, i.e. Intelligent Essay Assessor™ (IEA), was employed. The prompts appeared in the IEA electronic portfolio as a writing assignment and students had ۴۰ minutes to complete their work. The outcome of this part revealed that the online scoring and feedback system can ameliorate the overall score of IELTS candidates' writing and effectively decrease grammatical errors, but it has little influence on composition length and text structure

کلیدواژه ها:

Dynamic Assessment ، IELTS writing ، Intelligent Essay Assessor™ (IEA) ، Mediated Learning Experience ، Online Scoring System