Importance of TOEWC
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“What I write makes sense.”
“I can freely express myself in speaking and writing.”
“Writing is a habit of expressing oneself by using a pen instead of tongue.”
For communicating in the era of globalization, not only speaking skill but also “writing skill” should be fundamental.
The recent trend of English proficiency tests is that they focus on the four major areas of English learning: reading, listening, writing, and speaking. The importance of writing and speaking is getting greater. For study, school admission, job seeking, and promotion, the demand for writing and speaking is ever increasing. Among them, writing is known to be most difficult. It is because writing is the process of high-degree intellectual activity. Taking it into consideration, writing is the area where the gap between students most likely to become wider in the future.
To properly respond to those changes, EnCorrection developed TOEWC, an English written test which is evaluated and proofread by native speakers with master or doctor’s degrees and methods to improve English writing skills stage by stage through years of research.
To properly respond to those changes, EnCorrection developed TOEWC, an English written test which is evaluated and proofread by native speakers with master or doctor’s degrees and methods to improve English writing skills stage by stage through years of research.
“Let’s improve English writing skills with TOEWC.”
Theoretical Background of TOEWC Development
In 1902, Harvard Committee already said writing reflects speaking.“What does it mean to know a language? For the layman, the linguist or the teacher the answer is obvious-to speak it. An emphasis on oral language dominates recent linguistic theory and has occasionally been criticized. According to F. Household:
“Many linguists.. imply by their total silence that writing and written materials are not concern to the linguist, that his description of a language complete if it correctly accounts for every possible spoken utterance (p.250).
“Writing is increasingly becoming important in the EFL classroom and being recognized not only for its sake but the valuable practice it affords in encoding the language. While direct audio-lingual methods stress oral practice, recent evidence suggests that writing may have certain advantages over talk as a form of encoding.”
“One study asserts that combination of reading and writing (in lieu of speaking) at the early stages of adult language learning may increase the likelihood of native-like pronunciation. This suggests that best adult language learning strategies may differ from those of children and specifically, that writing may serve an important need in adult language learning”.
Theory Source : Exploring Speaking-Writing Relationships: Connections and Contrasts.
By Kroll, Barry M., Pd.: Vann, Roberta J., Ed.
By Kroll, Barry M., Pd.: Vann, Roberta J., Ed.
