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Ishikawa, Shin'ichiro – English Teaching, 2019
This paper first surveys three kinds of learner interview corpora (LINDSEI, NICT-JLE Corpus, and Trinity Lancaster Corpus), paying particular attention to their interview structures. Then, it explains the principles and features of the ICNALE Spoken Dialogue (ICNALE SD), which includes 425 videos and approximately 1.6-million-word transcripts of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Native Speakers
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Sydorenko, Tetyana – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2011
This study investigates how accurate one item writer can be on item difficulty estimates and whether factors affecting item writer judgments correspond to predictors of actual item difficulty. The items were based on conversational dialogs (presented as videos online) that focus on pragmatic functions. Thirty-five 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-year learners…
Descriptors: Test Items, Language Tests, Difficulty Level, Case Studies
Leadholm, Barbara J.; Miller, Jon F. – 1994
This publication discusses the role of Language Sample Analysis (LSA) in identifying language disorders, providing detail necessary to initiate a focused intervention program, and providing a method for monitoring progress in language intervention. Section 1 provides an overview of the LSA process and types of language disorders, while Section 2…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Dialogs (Language), Disabilities