NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sun, Zhijun; Xu, Peng; Wang, Jianqin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
The construct of "learning potential" has been proposed to capture differences between learner independent performance and performance during Dynamic Assessment (DA). This paper introduces a new LPS formula implemented in a DA study involving Pakistani learners of L2 Chinese. Learners were randomly assigned to a control or experimental…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rassaei, Ehsan – Language Learning Journal, 2023
The present study investigated the effects of text-based and audio-based dynamic glosses on L2 vocabulary learning within a sociocultural approach. Dynamic glosses were operationalised as a set of incrementally ordered prompts, provided during text-based and audio-based interactions that guided the participants to identify the meaning of unknown…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mehri Kamrood, Ali; Davoudi, Mohammad; Ghaniabadi, Saeed; Amirian, Seyyed Mohammad Reza – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Dynamic Assessment (DA) is proposed as a workable diagnostic tool in second or foreign language context. Compared to traditional non-dynamic testing, DA presents a more comprehensive account of human beings' abilities through addressing both the fully internalized abilities and the abilities that are in the process of being internalized. However,…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ebadi, Saman; Weisi, Hiwa; Monkaresi, Hamed; Bahramlou, Khosro – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Lexical inferencing has not led to substantial vocabulary gains. In previous studies, the learners were not obliged by design to notice the unfamiliar words and static approaches to assessment were adopted. In this quasi-experimental study, we adopted dynamic assessment (DA) approach and took measures to ensure noticing of the new words. Through…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Poehner, Matthew E.; Lantolf, James P. – Language Teaching Research, 2013
Dynamic Assessment (DA) derives from Vygotsky's (1987) insight that the use of mediation, attuned to learner needs, enables learners to perform beyond their current level of functioning, thereby providing insights into emerging capabilities. The instructional quality of mediation means that this process simultaneously creates possibilities for…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Evaluation Methods