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Shazia Hasnain; Santoshi Halder – Journal of Education, 2024
Complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) as measures of language proficiency have been used extensively in assessing second language production in English language studies related to task-based language teaching. The present review adds the following critical elements to the existing body of literature: (i) Provides synthesis and critical analysis…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Apichat Khamboonruang – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI) test was developed as a local standardised test of English for professional and international communication. To ensure that the CULI test fulfils its intended purposes, this study employed Kane's argument-based validation and Rasch measurement approaches to construct the validity argument for the…
Descriptors: Universities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Classification of Multiple Text Reading Test Formats by Analyzing English Language Proficiency Tests
Yosuke Mikami – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This study proposes a classification method for multiple text reading test formats in English language proficiency tests. A preliminary study involving 11 proficiency tests revealed two tests that fit the scope of the main study. Results show that multiple text reading test formats use complementary texts rather than conflicting texts. As for…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Bovolenta, Giulia; Williams, John N. – Language Learning, 2023
Second language implicit learning research has shown that a variety of linguistic features can be acquired without awareness. However, this research overwhelmingly uses comprehension tests to measure implicit learning. It remains unclear whether newly acquired implicit knowledge can also be recruited for production. To address this question, we…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cues, Recall (Psychology)
Buchanan, Beverly J.; Pirone, John S.; Pudans-Smith, Kimberly K.; Leffler, Brian W.; Cohen, Brad S.; Simmons, Paul K.; Ballentine, Pauline M.; Venable, Tabitha; Soza, Karen – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
American Sign Language (ASL) education is a relatively new field. Thus, further research is necessary, especially regarding developing assessment tools. The goal of this study was to determine the types of assessment tools ASL level 1 teachers use in the classroom and how those teachers measure students' language progression. This study is…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Teachers
Strategies-Based Chinese as a Second Language Reading Instruction: Effects and Learners' Perceptions
Jia Lin; Gengsong Gao; Ting Huang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2023
Strategic reading is an important consideration in the L2 reading classroom. This study investigated the effects of a Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) strategies-based reading instruction program, in which participants were explicitly taught ten top-down reading strategies. Thirty-four students enrolled in an advanced-level Chinese class…
Descriptors: College Students, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction
Ingela Holmström; Krister Schönström; Magnus Ryttervik – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
There is a lack of tests available for assessing sign language proficiency among L2 learners. We have therefore developed a sign repetition test, SignRepL2, with a specific focus on the phonological features of signs. This paper describes the two phases of developing this test. In the first phase, content was developed in the form of 50 items with…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Novices, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning
Mu-Hsuan Chou – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
Vocabulary learning strategies have been frequently viewed as a practical tool to facilitate the acquisition of words and enhance comprehension and production in communication. Previous research suggests that vocabulary learning strategies are a multidimensional construct. This study attempts to validate a vocabulary learning strategies…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aalaa Yaseen Hassan; Eman Adil Jaafar; Marwah Firas Abdullah Al-Rawe; Shaden Shamel Abdullah – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Determining students' language proficiency is essential for successful instruction and learning objectives in many educational settings. To this end, one of the most efficient assessment tools for measuring language proficiency is the C-test. Thus, the primary aim of this research is to assess the performance of university students through the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yadzaida Garcia Padua – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this paper was to study the effectiveness of language acquisition using speaker instruction and listener instruction and examining the emergence of bidirectional intraverbals using a non-sense language. Current research suggests that speaker type instruction is more effective in aiding untrained relations (Contreras et al., 2020;…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Teaching Methods, Listening Skills, Speech Communication
Hiwa Weisi; Maryam Zandi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The current study explored and compared the employment of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers (MDMs) by the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) speaking test takers at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. To conduct this discourse analysis research, a mixed-methods approach with concurrent transformative…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Albert Weideman – Educational Linguistics, 2024
Though our technical imagination is not restricted to the aesthetic, analogies of the latter in the former do give pause to consider anew the role of creativity and invention in language intervention design. On the norm side, aesthetic anticipations in the technical sphere appeal to the designers of language interventions to bring their solutions…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Aesthetics
Botir Elov; Irodakhon Abdullayeva; Laylo Raupova; Azam Kholikov; Marguba Mirkasimova – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
A significant number of students experience anxiety when asked to speak in English. This unease, often rooted in factors such as shyness, lack of confidence, uncertainty, and a lack of motivation, can hinder their active participation during English oral exams. One of the most important goals that every English language teacher should strive to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ardeshir Geranpayeh – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
The recent surge in the popularity of Large Language Models (LLM) for language assessment underscores the growing significance of cost-effective language evaluation in our increasingly digitalized society. This paper posits that the application of computational psychometrics can enable the incorporation of technology into language assessment,…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Psychometrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Leyli Kashef; Nasser Ghafoori; Akbar Valizadeh Oghani; Azadeh Mehrpouyan – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
The present study explored the effects of interactionist Dynamic Assessment (DA) and age on the writing accuracy of IELTS candidates. This research investigated the existence of an interactional effect between the age of learners and the type of treatment they received. First, 140 IELTS candidates were split into two age groups, adult and young.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Evaluation