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Direct linkTavakoli, Parvaneh; Uchihara, Takumi – Language Learning, 2020
This study examined the relationship between oral fluency and use of multiword sequences (MWSs) across four proficiency levels (Low B1 to C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference). Data came from 56 learners taking the speaking test of the Test of English for Educational Purposes, and our analysis obtained different measures of fluency…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency, Correlation
Ockey, Gary – Language Learning, 2011
Drawing on current theories in personality, second-language (L2) oral ability, and psychometrics, this study investigates the extent to which self-consciousness and assertiveness are explanatory variables of L2 oral ability. Three hundred sixty first-year Japanese university students who were studying English as a foreign language participated in…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Assertiveness, Personality, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedLennon, Paul – Language Learning, 1990
Analysis and comparison of speech samples of advance English-as-a-Second-Language learners before and after a 6-month residency in Great Britain found that the use of a battery of 12 readily quantifiable performance variables could help to identify fluency improvements in individual learners and had the potential for providing objective assessment…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Enrichment, Language Fluency
Peer reviewedUpshur, John A., Ed.; Fata, Julia, Ed. – Language Learning, 1968
The 14 conference papers and discussion transcripts in this volume were arranged to suggest both an outline of the state of the art of foreign language testing and a practical guide for test writers and users. The first two papers (T.R. Hopkins, Language Testing of North American Indians; and E.J. Briere, Testing ESL Among Navajo Children) deal…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Aptitude Tests, Bilingualism
