Abstract
This paper tries to present a general review of testing writing in English as a foreign language. This paper covers some of the important and relevant aspects of developing writing test such as definition of writing, writing in ESL/EFL classroom, writing assessment, and validating writing test. Special review is addressed to give a brief note of a comprehensive and step-by-step procedure of developing test instrument proposed by Prof. Soenardi Djiwandono.References
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