113VNU Journal of Foreign Studies, Vol 36, No 4 (2020) 113 130 THE VALUE OF RATERS’ COMMENTS ON THE WRITING COMPONENT OF A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT FOR LANGUAGE ADVISING Stephanie Rummel* University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Received 15 March 2020 Revised 20 June 2020; Accepted 22 July 2020 Abstract The Diagnostic English Language Needs Assessment (DELNA) is used at the University of Auckland to help identify the Academic English needs of stude[.]