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Jingwen Wang; Ying Zheng – Language Testing, 2026
Two pivotal constructs, intelligibility (listeners' actual understanding) and comprehensibility (listeners' perceived difficulty of understanding), have dominated second language (L2) pronunciation research, marking a shift away from an emphasis on nativeness. The 2020 Companion Volume to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Intelligibility, Comprehension, Pronunciation
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Ying Xu; Xiaodong Li; Jin Chen – Language Testing, 2025
This article provides a detailed review of the Computer-based English Listening Speaking Test (CELST) used in Guangdong, China, as part of the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) to assess students' English proficiency. The CELST measures listening and speaking skills as outlined in the "English Curriculum for Senior Middle…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
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Yufan Zhao; Vahid Aryadoust – Language Testing, 2025
This study examined the semantic features of the simulated mini-lectures in the listening sections of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) based on automatized semantic analysis to explore the content validity of the two tests. Two study corpora were utilized, the IELTS…
Descriptors: Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Academic Language, Second Language Learning