Application of Task-based Language Assessment in College English Writing Teaching

摘要

Despite task-based assessment's popularity in many countries including Canada and America, there are not many researches that combine it with English writing teaching in China, especially researches on using task-based assessment to solve the problem of unsatisfactory writing teaching at colleges. In order to solve some existing problems resulting from traditional English writing teaching at colleges, the researcher attempts to introduce it into English writing teaching for non-English majors at colleges to testify its effectiveness and practicality in qualitative and quantitative analysis. The researchers apply the model to the writing course of a group, and apply the traditional model for another group in Xi'an Peihua University for one semester. The results show that the assessment can exert a positive influence on students' writing and positive feedback on teaching. The teacher has a thorough understanding of students' writing; students can finish the task designed to reach the aim of communication; their interest in writing is aroused and their autonomy is cultivated in a harmonious atmosphere; their writing abilities are promoted.