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Direct linkKoizumi, Rie – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
In Japanese secondary schools, speaking assessment in English classrooms is designed, conducted, and scored by teachers. Although the assessment is intended to be used for summative and formative purposes, it is not regularly or adequately practiced. This paper reports the problems (i.e., lack of continuous speaking assessment, limited speaking…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Altherr Flores, Jenna A. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
This study investigates meaning-making processes in language and literacy assessments. Using a social semiotic perspective, it examines how adult second language learners with emerging literacy self-articulate their understanding of multimodal elements and components utilized in low-stakes assessments, and the strategies they use to make meaning…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Adult Literacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Burton, J. Dylan – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
The effects of question or task complexity on second language speaking have traditionally been investigated using complexity, accuracy, and fluency measures. Response processes in speaking tests, however, may manifest in other ways, such as through nonverbal behavior. Eye behavior, in the form of averted gaze or blinking frequency, has been found…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Speech Communication, Language Tests, Eye Movements
Kim, Ahyoung Alicia; Tywoniw, Rurik L.; Chapman, Mark – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
Technology-enhanced items (TEIs) are innovative, computer-delivered test items that allow test takers to better interact with the test environment compared to traditional multiple-choice items (MCIs). The interactive nature of TEIs offer improved construct coverage compared with MCIs but little research exists regarding students' performance on…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Items, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language)
Lee, Senyung; Shin, Sun-Young – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
Multiple test tasks are available for assessing L2 collocation knowledge. However, few studies have investigated the characteristics of a variety of recognition and recall tasks of collocation simultaneously, and most research on L2 collocations has focused on verb-noun and adjective-noun collocations. This study investigates (1) the relative…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Recall (Psychology)
Ahmadi, Alireza; Sadeghi, Elham – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
In the present study we investigated the effect of test format on oral performance in terms of test scores and discourse features (accuracy, fluency, and complexity). Moreover, we explored how the scores obtained on different test formats relate to such features. To this end, 23 Iranian EFL learners participated in three test formats of monologue,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Comparative Analysis, Language Fluency, Accuracy
