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Assessing Interactional Metadiscourse in EFL Writing through Intelligent Data-Driven Learning: The Microsoft Copilot in the Spotlight
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Rajab Esfandiari; Omid Allaf-Akbary – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The purpose of the current study was twofold: examining the efficacy of data-driven learning (DDL) (hands-on and hands-off approaches) in the realization of interactional metadiscourse markers (IMMs) among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and analyzing the learners' perceptions of DDL. The participants consisted of 93 male and female…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, Computational Linguistics
To Be with Artificial Intelligence in Oral Test or Not to Be: A Probe into the Traces of Success in Speaking Skill, Psychological Well-Being, Autonomy, and Academic Buoyancy
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Biju Theruvil Sayed; Zein Bassam Bani Younes; Ahmad Alkhayyat; Iroda Adhamova; Habesha Teferi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
There has been a surge in employing artificial intelligence (AI) in all areas of language pedagogy, not the least among them language testing and assessment. This study investigated the effects of AI-powered tools on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking skills, psychological well-being, autonomy, and academic buoyancy. Using a…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Language Tests, Success, Speech Skills
Exploring the Validity Evidence of a High-Stake, Second Language Reading Test: An Eye-Tracking Study
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Lim, Hyojung – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
The current study aims to explore the cognitive validity of the iBT TOEFL reading test by investigating test takers' eye movements on individual items. It is assumed that successful test takers would adopt the intended reading processes, the same types and levels of cognitive processes that they would use for real-world reading tasks. Forty-seven…
Descriptors: Test Validity, High Stakes Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Developing a Test of L2 Chinese Pragmatic Comprehension Ability
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Li, Shuai – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
Background: This study aims to develop a test for assessing pragmatic comprehension ability in Chinese as a second language (L2). Following the framework of an argument-based approach to test validation, this study attempts to obtain backing for the Evaluation and Explanation inferences. Methods: Test items were developed based on two sources of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Developing Common Listening Ability Scales for Chinese Learners of English
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He, Lianzhen; Chen, Dajian – Language Testing in Asia, 2017
Background: The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) developed by Council of Europe has been gaining popularity since its publication in 2001, and reshaping the practice in language teaching, learning and assessment not only across the European continent but also in many other places such as Japan (CEFR-J project). Some pioneering work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
How Interactive Discussions Support Writing Development: The Application of Dynamic Assessment for Learning Chinese Rhetoric
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Kao, Yu-Ting – Language Testing in Asia, 2015
Background: This study examined the use of student-teacher interactions through dynamic assessment (DA) to diagnose and promote the learner's comprehension on Chinese writing patterns. Debates over the uses of standardized tests to assess language learners' performance have been ongoing in the field of second language acquisition for many years.…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Language Processing, Chinese, Writing Evaluation
Cognates in Vocabulary Size Testing -- A Distorting Influence?
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Jordan, Eoin – Language Testing in Asia, 2012
This article examines the issue of cognates in frequency-based vocabulary size testing. Data from a pilot study for a cognate-controlled English vocabulary size test was used to assess whether a group of Japanese university English learners (n = 60) were more successful at responding to cognate items than noncognate ones in three 1000 word…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students, Foreign Countries