In my language school in Mongolia, the Criterion Online Writing Evaluation tool is used for iBT TOEFL preparation course to support the students' writing skills. This web-based writing tool has different kinds of topics for college level students and TOEFL and GRE preparers. Once students get registered and ordered the subscription, they can choose from variuos topic, write it and get the score ranges 4 to 6. Also it allows students to know what they need to work in the future and provides feedback on grammar, spelling, usage, organization, mechanics error and development of their writing. Teachers can comment on the essay written by students using instructors' account. From my experience, the students who wrote TOEFL topic essay at least 4 times using this tool improved their writing skills and increase their scores. It was really helpful for me and my students.
Here is the link you can go and get more information.
http://www.ets.org/criterion/about/
Very interesting. How much do students have to pay? I went to the website, but there is no info on pricing. And how do you use it in your school? I am curious about it and would like to learn more about the tool.
ReplyDeleteThank you. The price range is between 3-5 USD per subscription depending on how much amount you will purchase. I don't know that the subscription is sold to an individual student. We used to buy 100 or 500 subscriptions for all students and paid once. I will tell as I know about it.
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