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Linh Thi Thao Le; Nam Thi Phuong Ho; Nguyen Huynh Trang; Hung Tan Ha – SAGE Open, 2025
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) has served as one of the most reliable proofs of people's English language proficiency. There have been rumors about the discrepancy in difficulty between the two modules of IELTS, namely Academic (AC) and General Training (GT); however, there is little empirical evidence to confirm such a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Reading Tests
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Yu Hui; Thora Tenbrink – SAGE Open, 2025
This study addresses how Chinese learners of English as a second language (L2) perceive conversations in English materials as compared to speakers of English as a first language (L1). Data were collected through questionnaires completed by 48 participants (28 L2 English learners in China and 20 L1 English speakers in the UK), eliciting evaluations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning