Use interactionist DA to give learners more opportunities to interact and improve writing accuracy¶

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Description¶

The article's pedagogical recommendation is that EFL and IELTS teachers adopt interactionist Dynamic Assessment in writing classes. Teachers should "generate new prompts and strategies to provide more opportunities for the learners to interact, constantly become assessed, and receive prompts/hints until they can accomplish the task on themselves." The strategy replaces one-step, psychometric writing assessment with continuous, interaction-based mediation in which the teacher's individual feedback is shaped by each learner's responses.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A teacher/mediator available to interact with learners during writing tasks and provide responsive, non-standardized hints and feedback.

Constraints¶

• The article notes large class size (over 30 students) and limited class time did not allow extended and extensive mediation for all learners.

Target Learners¶

• EFL learners in IELTS preparation courses, young and adult

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improve writing accuracy in IELTS writing tasks

Affordances¶

• Interactionist Interventionist Da Approaches

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Key Sources¶

• Kashef, L., Ghafoori, N., Valizadeh Oghani, A., & Mehrpouyan, A. (2024). The effect of interactionist vs. interventionist dynamic assessment on writing accuracy of young vs. adult IELTS candidates. International Journal of Language Testing, 14(1), 1–16. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1419474