…the FACTUAL accuracy of their content.

It’s not enough to only look for LINGUISTIC (e.g. grammar and vocab), and STRUCTURAL (e.g. coherence and cohesion, genre, word count, etc.) issues.

We need to also pay attention to whether what the student is stating in their report is actually TRUE of the information displayed in the task.

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