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Direct linkPaquot, Magali; Rubin, Rachel; Vandeweerd, Nathan – Language Learning, 2022
The main objective of this Methods Showcase Article is to show how the technique of adaptive comparative judgment, coupled with a crowdsourcing approach, can offer practical solutions to reliability issues as well as to address the time and cost difficulties associated with a text-based approach to proficiency assessment in L2 research. We…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Language Proficiency, Reliability
de Jong, Nel; Perfetti, Charles A. – Language Learning, 2011
The present study investigates the role of speech repetition in oral fluency development. Twenty-four students enrolled in English-as-a-second-language classes performed three training sessions in which they recorded three speeches, of 4, 3, and 2 min, respectively. Some students spoke about the same topic three times, whereas others spoke about…
Descriptors: Training, Speeches, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Xi, Xiaoming; Mollaun, Pam – Language Learning, 2011
We investigated the scoring of the Speaking section of the Test of English as a Foreign Language[TM] Internet-based (TOEFL iBT[R]) test by speakers of English and one or more Indian languages. We explored the extent to which raters from India, after being trained and certified, were able to score the TOEFL examinees with mixed first languages…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Scoring, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBorden, Gloria; And Others – Language Learning, 1983
Discusses changes in speech production and perception occurring in Korean speakers learning English during short-term training in the perception and production of the /r/ - /l/ contrast in English. (EKN)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, English (Second Language), Korean
