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Direct linkInoue, Chihiro – Language Learning Journal, 2016
The constructs of complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) have been used extensively to investigate learner performance on second language tasks. However, a serious concern is that the variables used to measure these constructs are sometimes used conventionally without any empirical justification. It is crucial for researchers to understand how…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Syntax, Accuracy, Task Analysis
Sugita McEown, Maya; Takeuchi, Osamu – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
The objective is to examine the changes in the effectiveness of motivational strategy use by teachers during one semester in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. More specifically, we investigate differences in effectiveness changes for each motivational strategy used according to students' English proficiency levels and their…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textNahatame, Shingo – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2014
Predictive inference is the anticipation of the likely consequences of events described in a text. This study investigated predictive inference generation during second language (L2) reading, with a focus on the effects of strategy instructions. In this experiment, Japanese university students read several short narrative passages designed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Prediction, Inferences
Sato, Takanori – Language Testing, 2012
The content that test-takers attempt to convey is not always included in the construct definition of "general" English oral proficiency tests, although some English-for-academic-purposes (EAP) speaking tests and most writing tests tend to place great emphasis on the evaluation of the content or ideas in the performance. This study…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Writing Tests, Language Tests, Achievement Tests
Ockey, Gary J. – Language Testing, 2009
The second language group oral is a test of second language speaking proficiency, in which a group of three or more English language learners discuss an assigned topic without interaction with interlocutors. Concerns expressed about the extent to which test takers' personal characteristics affect the scores of others in the group have limited its…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Training, Assertiveness, Foreign Countries
Yashima, Tomoko; Zenuk-Nishide, Lori – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
This study analyses the effects of learning contexts on proficiency development as well as attitudinal and behavioral changes. At a Japanese high school where content-based L2 instruction in global studies is a feature of education, TOEFL scores, international posture, L2 WTC, and frequency of communication in L2 were assessed in the participants'…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Study Abroad, Mentors, Language Proficiency
