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The chapter was aimed to analyze the argumentative essay as an academic genre on the assessment framework of International English Language Testing Systems (IELTS) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) tests. Widely acknowledged as central to academic discourse for their complex and challenging nature, argumentative essays reflect the extent of discourse competence student writers have achieved as members of their academic discourse community. The chapter begins with a comprehensive inside-out overview of argumentative essay based on insights from theoretical, linguistic, and pedagogic perspectives. Following this overview, assessment for academic writing especially, that of argumentative essay, assessment rubrics for IELTS and TOEFL, and key issues with their assessment are discussed. The later part of the chapter introduces a new framework for the assessment of argumentative essay which will be offered for piloting for later validation.
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Ahmad, Z. (2019). Analyzing Argumentative Essay as an Academic Genre on Assessment Framework of IELTS and TOEFL. In: Hidri, S. (eds) English Language Teaching Research in the Middle East and North Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98533-6_13
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