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How Does Anxiety Influence Language Performance? From the Perspectives of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Cognitive Test Anxiety
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Zheng, Ying; Cheng, Liying – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
This study examined the relationships between students' foreign language classroom anxiety and cognitive test anxiety and their College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) performance. A questionnaire was distributed to 921 Chinese university students to understand the nature and degree of the examined relationships. Follow-up interviews with 12 students…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Chinese University Students' Perceptions of Assessment Tasks and Classroom Assessment Environment
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Cheng, Liying; Wu, Yongfei; Liu, Xiaoqian – Language Testing in Asia, 2015
Classroom assessment tasks and environment are central to supporting student learning, yet are under-studied at the tertiary level, especially in China's test-driven culture. This study explores the relationship between students' perceptions of assessment tasks and classroom assessment environment, within the university context of teaching English…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Stakeholder Accounts of Testing Experience with a Computer-Administered Test
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Fox, Janna; Cheng, Liying – TESL Canada Journal, 2015
In keeping with the trend to elicit multiple stakeholder responses to operational tests as part of test validation, this exploratory mixed methods study examines test-taker accounts of an Internet-based (i.e., computer-administered) test in the high-stakes context of proficiency testing for university admission. In 2013, as language testing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Do They Make a Difference? The Impact of English Language Programs on Second Language Students in Canadian Universities
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Fox, Janna; Cheng, Liying; Zumbo, Bruno D. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2014
Few studies have investigated the impact of English language programs on second language (L2) students studying in Canadian universities (Cheng & Fox, 2008; Fox, 2005, 2009). This article reports on questionnaire responses of 641 L2 students studying in 36 English language programs in 26 Canadian universities. The researchers identified…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Towards a Better Understanding of Academic Acculturation: Second Language Students in Canadian Universities
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Cheng, Liying; Fox, Janna – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
The aggressive internationalization of Canadian universities and increased immigration to Canada over the past 20 years have resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of second language (L2) students in Canadian universities. However, little is known about the factors that influence academic acculturation of L2 students or about the role of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Universities, Second Language Learning, Acculturation
Grading, Feedback, and Reporting in ESL/EFL Classrooms
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Cheng, Liying; Wang, Xiaoying – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2007
Grading, feedback, and reporting of student achievement are key elements that support learning. This article reports an interview study on a range of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) teachers' classroom assessment practices at the tertiary level in Canada, Hong Kong, and China. The interviews focused on teachers' use of marking…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Grading, Foreign Countries
English Academic Language Skills: Perceived Difficulties by Undergraduate and Graduate Students, and Their Academic Achievement.
Berman, Robert; Cheng, Liying – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2001
An English for academic purposes needs survey conducted at a Canadian university among first-year Bachelor's and Master's level students reveals native speakers (NS) and nonnative speakers (NNS) of English perceive that the language skills necessary for academic study are of different levels of difficulty. English language difficulties appear to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)