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Assessing Spoken Lexical and Lexicogrammatical Proficiency Using Features of Word, Bigram, and Dependency Bigram Use
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Kyle, Kristopher; Eguchi, Masaki – Modern Language Journal, 2023
The measurement of second language (L2) productive lexical proficiency has driven a great deal of research over the past two decades. Research has indicated that more proficient speakers and writers tend to use a wider range of words and that more proficient writers tend to use words that are more sophisticated (less frequent in reference…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Grammar
Register Variation in Spoken and Written Language Use across Technology-Mediated and Non-Technology-Mediated Learning Environments
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Kyle, Kristopher; Eguchi, Masaki; Choe, Ann Tai; LaFlair, Geoff – Language Testing, 2022
In the realm of language proficiency assessments, the domain description inference and the extrapolation inference are key components of a validity argument. Biber et al.'s description of the lexicogrammatical features of the spoken and written registers in the T2K-SWAL corpus has served as support for the TOEFL iBT test's domain description and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Written Language, Speech Communication, Inferences