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Kazemian-Sana'ati, Mohammad; Khodareza, Mohammad Reza; Khonamri, Fatemeh; Rahimy, Ramin – TESL-EJ, 2023
Intercultural Competence Assessment (ICA) has recently become a central issue in applied linguistics in general, and language testing and assessment in particular. The present paper aims to investigate the difference between native and non-native assessment experts' beliefs about incorporating ICA in the Language Proficiency Assessment (LPA).…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Cultural Awareness, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Omar Carrasco – ProQuest LLC, 2023
When individuals read a narrative text, they construct a mental representation known as a situational model to comprehend the unfolding story. These models require updates at meaningful changes in the story to reflect current information accurately. Existing research highlights the attentional and working memory demands of these updating…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Story Reading, Attention, Short Term Memory
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Ching-Ni Hsieh – ETS Research Report Series, 2023
Research in validity suggests that stakeholders' interpretation and use of test results should be an aspect of validity. Claims about the meaningfulness of test score interpretations and consequences of test use should be backed by evidence that stakeholders understand the definition of the construct assessed and the score report information. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Aihua Zhu; Samah Ali Mohsen Mofreh; Sultan Salem – SAGE Open, 2023
The application of the language proficiency scales (LPS) in education validates its function, as it can explore the value in-depth. However, little systematic research on applying LPS has been conducted due to the complex intertwining of stakeholders and a lack of theoretical framework and practical approaches. Adopting the framework proposed by…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Rating Scales, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Liliana Muliastuti; Ilza Mayuni; Andi Nurhaina; Kundharu Saddhono – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
This study aims to adapt CEFR in developing an integrative approach-based teaching material model for a pre-basic BISOL class. The method used in this research is the development research design by Borg and Gall. This study was development research. The stages are identification of the problem, formulation of a hypothetical draft model;…
Descriptors: Indonesian Languages, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yoko Suganuma Oi – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study aims to analyse how Japanese first-year university students' writing anxiety in academic writing classes changed over nine months. A total of 102 Japanese first-year university students participated in an academic writing class. Two assessors evaluated the students' compositions, using the same writing assessment rubric. The students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Academic Language, Anxiety
Fedoration, Sarah J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This mixed methods descriptive case study explored the perceptions of 162 leaders and French immersion (FI) teachers related to their roles and responsibilities for the target-language proficiency (TLP) of FI teachers in an urban school division. To date, no research has explored leaders' and FI teachers' knowledge and understanding of the system…
Descriptors: French, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs
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Khampool, Waraporn; Chumworatayee, Tipamas – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study examined the effects of Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) instruction on the reading comprehension of Thai university students majoring in Electrical Power Engineering. The participants were 15 more proficient and 15 less proficient learners studying in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course. The scores from the pre-and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries
Yasemin Ozkaya – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The academic success and English proficiency of ELL students are receiving more attention as a result of the growing number of ELL students and the demand for accountability and assessment in education. It is widely accepted that ELL students struggle on state standardized tests because they lack the cognitive academic language abilities needed to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Evaluation, English Language Learners, Scientific Literacy
Jason Christopher Reyes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the cultural factors influencing the decision-making process of Latino families regarding the acceptance or refusal of special education services. Initiated by the observed disproportionality in Latino students being enrolled in special education programs compared to Anglo-American students, this…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Hispanic Americans, Family Involvement, Decision Making
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McLeod, Melissa – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2023
Language proficiency testing has long played a role as both facilitator and barrier in global migration. This paper outlines how Canada and other traditional migrant destination countries use English-language proficiency testing for immigration, asylum and resettlement, and citizenship. It identifies commonalities between these three related areas…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigration, Language Proficiency
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Jantien Smit; Lucía Beatriz Chisari; Maria Kouns; Anne Bergliot Øyehaug; Elwin Savelsbergh; Maaike Hajer – European Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Worldwide, pupils with migrant backgrounds do not participate in school STEM subjects as successfully as their peers. Migrant pupils' subject-specific language proficiency lags behind, which hinders participation and learning. Primary teachers experience difficulty in teaching STEM as well as promoting required language development. This study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Inclusion, Elementary School Teachers
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Rosa Maria Manchón; Sophie McBride; María Dolores Mellado Martínez; Olena Vasylets – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study examined the independent effects of working memory (WM) and the interactive effects of WM/L2 proficiency and WM/task complexity on L2 written performance. The study followed a within--between-participant factorial design, with two levels of task complexity as the within-participant variable and L2 proficiency and WM as…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis
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Mason A. Wirtz; Simone E. Pfenninger – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study is the first to investigate subject-level variability in sociolinguistic evaluative judgements by 30 adult L2 German learners and explore whether the observed variability is characterizable as a function of individual differences in proficiency, exposure, and motivation. Because group-level estimates did not paint an accurate picture of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ghanbaran, Samira; Ketabi, Saeed; Shahnazari, Mohammadtaghi – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
The merits of the application of flow theory in foreign language teaching have been demonstrated in recent research. This experimental study was aimed at investigating the role of task type and modality in the perception of flow experience by learners as they are engaged in communication tasks. The participants were 78 non-English major university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Nonmajors
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