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Download full textQiao Wang; Ralph L. Rose; Ayaka Sugawara; Naho Orita – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2025
VocQGen is an automated tool designed to generate multiple-choice cloze (MCC) questions for vocabulary assessment in second language learning contexts. It leverages several natural language processing (NLP) tools and OpenAI's GPT-4 model to produce MCC items quickly from user-specified word lists. To evaluate its effectiveness, we used the first…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Multiple Choice Tests
The Effects of a Mobile-Based Multisensory Approach to Vocabulary Learning in a Japanese EFL Context
Lewis, Dawson Roy, III; Datzman, Brien – TESOL International Journal, 2020
This article reports on a 16-week study that examined the effect of mobile-based authentic audiovisual materials (AAM) on the vocabulary acquisition of Japanese university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design study was employed to compare the differences in vocabulary learning between a control…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Multiple Choice Tests, Instructional Materials
Direct linkKoyama, Dennis; Sun, Angela; Ockey, Gary J. – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
Multiple-choice formats remain a popular design for assessing listening comprehension, yet no consensus has been reached on how multiple-choice formats should be employed. Some researchers argue that test takers must be provided with a preview of the items prior to the input (Buck, 1995; Sherman, 1997); others argue that a preview may decrease the…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, Statistical Analysis, Language Proficiency
Fujita, Ken; Yamashita, Junko – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
The current study investigated the relation and comparison of reading comprehension and reading rate in Japanese high school EFL learners. One hundred and forty-eight tenth-graders in a Japanese high school participated in this study. Results showed that the relation between reading comprehension and reading rate was weak, but significant (r =…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Correlation
Murphy, Philip – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
This paper describes an ongoing project to create an online version of a reading programme, a custom-designed English language proficiency course at a university in Japan. Following an interactionist view of second language acquisition, it was hypothesised that comprehension of a reading passage could be enhanced by online materials promoting…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
