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Direct linkO'Grady, Stefan – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The current study explores the impact of varying multiple-choice question preview and presentation formats in a test of second language listening proficiency targeting different levels of text comprehension. In a between-participant design, participants completed a 30-item test of listening comprehension featuring implicit and explicit information…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Scores, Second Language Learning
Download full textIsler, Cemre; Aydin, Belgin – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
This study is about the development and validation process of the Computerized Oral Proficiency Test of English as a Foreign Language (COPTEFL). The test aims at assessing the speaking proficiency levels of students in Anadolu University School of Foreign Languages (AUSFL). For this purpose, three monologic tasks were developed based on the Global…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Construct Validity, Interrater Reliability, Scores
The Effects of Test Type, Pronunciation, and Proficiency Level on EFL Learners' Speaking Exam Scores
Kilinc, Kardelen; Yildirim, Ozgur – World Journal of Education, 2020
The present study aims to reveal the effects of test type, pronunciation and proficiency levels of the students on speaking test scores. A total of 147 Turkish EFL students consisting of 38 beginner, 36 elementary, 37 pre-intermediate and 36 intermediate levels participated in the study. Presentation as planned, and paired speaking test as…
Descriptors: Test Format, Pronunciation, Scores, Language Proficiency
O'Grady, Stefan – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: The current study applies an innovative approach to the assessment of second language listening comprehension skills. This is an important focus in need of innovation because scores generated through language assessment tasks should reflect variation in the target skill and the literature broadly suggests that conventional methods of…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Correlation, English (Second Language)
Davis, Larry; Norris, John – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
The elicited imitation task (EIT), in which language learners listen to a series of spoken sentences and repeat each one verbatim, is a commonly used measure of language proficiency in second language acquisition research. The "TOEFL® Essentials"™ test includes an EIT as a holistic measure of speaking proficiency, referred to as the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Language Proficiency, Speech Communication, Language Tests
Karagöl, Efecan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Center (TÖMER) is one of the important institutions for learning Turkish as a foreign language. In these institutions, proficiency tests are applied at the end of each level. However, test applications in TÖMERs vary between each center as there is no shared program in teaching Turkish as a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Turkish, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
