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Elicited Imitation as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency: A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis
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Direct linkYan, Xun; Maeda, Yukiko; Lv, Jing; Ginther, April – Language Testing, 2016
Elicited imitation (EI) has been widely used to examine second language (L2) proficiency and development and was an especially popular method in the 1970s and early 1980s. However, as the field embraced more communicative approaches to both instruction and assessment, the use of EI diminished, and the construct-related validity of EI scores as a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
Justice, Laura M.; Bowles, Ryan; Pence, Khara; Gosse, Carolyn – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
Analysis of children's spoken narratives represents a potentially informative approach to language assessment within early childhood settings. Yet, narrative assessment is not readily amenable to at-scale use given the time needed to collect, transcribe, and analyze a child's narrative sample and the lack of consensus regarding what aspects of…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Phrase Structure, Nouns, Performance Based Assessment
Mucherah, Winnie; Finch, Holmes – International Journal of Testing, 2010
This study investigated the structural equivalence of the Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ) in relation to Kenyan high school students. A total of 1,990 students from two same-sex boarding schools participated. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed the overall model fit the data well. However, an examination of the individual factors revealed…
Descriptors: African Culture, Boarding Schools, Construct Validity, Questionnaires
