An efl teacher training programme on adapting writing rubrics to evaluate university students' essays

This study aimed to adapt the writing rubric that is used to evaluate essays in Preparatory School at Toros University. A six-week workshop was conducted to achieve the aim of the study. During the workshops, ideas were exchanged and experience was shared. After the methods to evaluate writing papers were reviewed, the methods that are used at Toros University and in the international exams such as TOEFL and IELTS were examined. In this concern, the rubric that is in use in Preparatory School at Toros University was examined in detail and it was decided to make some changes in some parts to make it more clear and understandable. In this study, qualitative data was used. The participants of this study included the researcher of the study and a writing instructor who were at the same time the Testing Coordinators at Toros University Preparatory School.