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Kao, Yu-Ting – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Language teachers are expected to engage in classroom assessment practices and report on learners' progress aligned with proficiency standards, as well as prepare learners for external examinations. The term "language assessment literacy" (LAL) describes what the constituency of language instructors needs to know about assessment…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Kim, Youjin – Modern Language Journal, 2008
Over the past 2 decades, research has demonstrated that learner collaboration facilitates second language (L2) acquisition (Lapkin, Swain, & Smith, 2002; McDonough, 2004; Storch, 1998, 2004; Swain & Lapkin, 1998). Adopting a sociocultural perspective (e.g., Swain & Lapkin, 1998), the current study compared the effectiveness of collaborative and…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Cooperation, English (Second Language)
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Poehner, Matthew E. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
A major preoccupation in assessment is connecting examinees' performance in assessment and nonassessment contexts. This preoccupation has traditionally been framed in terms of generalizability. This article reconceptualizes this problem from a qualitatively different perspective on human abilities and their development, namely, the Sociocultural…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Tests, Sociocultural Patterns, Theories