The Assessment of Writing - from Paragraph to Essay for Undergraduate Students at Salahaddin University – Erbil

Authors

  • Nazenin Shekh Muhemad Bapir Department of English, College of Education, University of Salahaddin-Erbil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21271/zjhs.24.5.17

Keywords:

Writing, Assessment, Paragraph, Essay, Test.

Abstract

This paper which is entitled "The Assessment of Writing - from Paragraph to Essay for undergraduate students at Salahaddin university- Erbil." is an attempt made so as to point out the importance and the uses of the paragraph and the essay in the writing process. This research aims to help students to learn more effectively about how to write paragraphs appropriately. It also assists in assessing writing paragraphs and essays academically. Researcher depends on a test about writing as an instrument to collect data from 62 third year students in the department of English College of Education at Salahaddin University in Erbil.

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Published

2020-12-10

How to Cite

Nazenin Shekh Muhemad Bapir. (2020). The Assessment of Writing - from Paragraph to Essay for Undergraduate Students at Salahaddin University – Erbil. Zanco Journal of Human Sciences, 24(5), 244–258. https://doi.org/10.21271/zjhs.24.5.17

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