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WRITING ACADEMIC ENGLISH

by Alice Oshima and Alice Hogue

LONGMAN
correlated to

TABE, Form 7, Level A Reading and Language (Tests 1 and 4)

Writing Academic English


LONGMAN
correlated to

TABE, Form 7, Level A Reading and Language


(Tests 1 and 4)
PART I Writing a Paragraph
1. The Process of Academic Writing The Writing Process, Stage I: Prewriting pg. 3-4

Reading
Introduction to writing, in general, and discussion of brainstorming is not measured by test. 7, 21, 30, 39

Language
Introduction to writing, in general, and discussion of brainstorming is not measured by test. 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28 E.g., 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 39, 46, 51, 52

The Writing Process, Stage II: Planning (Outlining) pg. 8-9 2, 16, 25, 26, 44 The Writing Process, Stage III: Writing and Revising Drafts pg. 10-14 2. What Is a Paragraph? An Overview E.g., 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 30, 39 Paragraph Structure pg. 17-20 7, 30 The Topic Sentence pg. 20-25 3, 4, 14, 23, 28 The Concluding Sentence pg. 26 3. Unity and Outlining Unity pg. 30 7, 30, 39 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 19, 23, 28, 33, 34 Paragraph Outlining pg. 35-37 4. Coherence 1, 7, 21, 30, 32, 41 Coherence and Strategies pg. 40-52 5. Kinds of Logical Order pg. 56 3, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 30, 39 Chronological Order -topic sentences and transitions (Also see page 10 and questions pg. 57-60 Logical Division of Ideas/Order of Importance pg. 61-63
2 25-30.) 3, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 30, 39

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 21, 22 25, 26

21-30 9, 12, 21-30, 46, 51, 52

9, 21-30, 46

21-26 21-26

Topic Sentences for Logical Division/Order of Importance pg. 63 Two Topic Sentence Tips pg. 64 Comparison/Contrast pg. 65-66 6. Concrete Support I Facts versus Opinions 72 Concrete Supporting Details, (statistics, and examples) pg. 73-79

See page 2 for examples within reading passage. Examples of reading passages which contain topic sentences: 2, 6, 10, 14. 12, 19, 33, 34

20, 21, 22 20, 21, 22 19, 29

pg. 71 Facts are not covered in The Form pg.

7 Level A test does not assess fact vs. opinions, (Levels D, E, and M do). Page 2 (contributes to questions 1-7) Page 10 (contributes to question 26)

Language section of TABE does not assess Fact vs. Opinion. 40, 50

PART I Writing a Paragraph, cont.

pg. 1

Reading

Language

7. Concrete Support II Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries pg. 82-94 Documenting Sources of Information pg. 95-97

pg. 82
30 Related: page 4 and questions 812 1, 3, 11 40, 50

PART II Writing an Essay


8. The Essay Writing an Essay 100-112 The Writing Process 113-118 9. Patterns of Essay Organization Chronological Order and Logical Division of Ideas pg. 122-129 Cause and Effect Order 130-140 Comparison and Contrast Order Vocabulary and Organization pg. 141-148

Reading
pg. 100 pg. 3, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 30, 39 pg.
E.g., 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 30, 4750 21-30

Language

E.g., 1, 2, 3, 9, 15, 33, 39, 43, 53

pg. 121 pg.


See page 2 for examples within reading passage. 13 15, 27, 29, 38, 40 23, 24 21, 22, 25, 26 See reading section of TABE for assessing this area.

PART llI Sentence Structure


10. Types of Sentences Clauses 152-154 pg. 152 pg.

Reading
Text far exceeds test in goals (i.e., text contains much more information than test assesses for). See language section for questions assessing this skill/knowledge. See language section for assessment of this skill/knowledge. See language section for assessment of this skill/knowledge. 4

Language
Text far exceeds test in goals (i.e., text contains much more information than test assesses for). 18, 19, 20, 39 2, 19, 20 6, 10, 9, 12, 39, 46, 51, 52

Kinds of Sentences, (simple, compound, complex, compoundcomplex) pg. 155-164


Conjunctions)

Parallelism (Coordinators--And, Or, Butand, Correlative pg. 166-168 pg.

Sentence Problems 169-175

11. Noun Clauses pg. 178 Intro, types of Noun Clauses, Sequence of Tenses, ThatSee language section for questions encompassing this Clauses pg. 178-183 Wh-Word Clauses and, If/Whether-Clauses pg. 184-188
knowledge. See language section for questions encompassing this knowledge.

45 11, 13

PART llI Sentence Structure, cont.

pg. 151

Reading

Language

12. Adverbial Clauses Types of Adverbial Clauses pg. 195 Time Clauses 196 Place Clauses 197 Manner, Distance, and Frequency Clauses pg. 198 Reason Clauses 199 Result Clauses 200 Purpose Clauses 201 Concession (Unexpected Result) Clauses pg. 202 Contrast (Direct Opposition) Clauses Review pg. 203 pg. pg. pg. pg.

pg. 194
Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. 13not directly assessed 13not directly assessed Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Text goals exceeds what TABE, Form 7, Level A, assesses for. Text goals exceeds what TABE, Form 7, Level A, assesses for. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses. Although examples may be found imbedded in text of test, test does not assess knowledge of adverbial clauses.

pg.

PART llI Sentence Structure, cont.

pg. 151

Reading

Language

13. Relative Clauses Relative Pronouns and Adverbs pg. 210 Position of Relative Clauses pg. 210 Verb Agreement in Relative Clauses pg. 210 Punctuation of Relative Clauses pg. 210 Relative Pronouns as Subjects, as Objects pg. 212-214 Possessive Relative Clauses pg. 216-218 Relative Pronouns 219-222 Adverbial Relative Clauses pg. 223 14. Participial Phrases Participial Phrases 230-241

pg. 209
2, 25, 39 Relates to Construct Meaning subskill, (e.g., 7, 13, 30), but no questions directly address relative clauses. Related knowledge assessed in language portion of TABE. Related knowledge assessed in language portion of TABE. Relates to Construct Meaning subskill, but not directly tested. See Language portion of test. 5 9, 46

6-10 2, 31 Text content far exceeds skills and knowledge assessed by the TABE, Form 7, Level A. 54 Text content far exceeds skills and knowledge assessed by the TABE, Form 7, Level A. Related knowledge assessed under the Reading section of the TABE, Form 7, Level A. 32, 44, 49

pg.

Text content far exceeds skills and knowledge assessed by the TABE, Form 7, Level A. 2, 25, 39

pg. 230 pg. Relates to Construct Meaning


subskill, but participial phrases are not directly tested.

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