NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stefan O'Grady – International Journal of Listening, 2025
Language assessment is increasingly computermediated. This development presents opportunities with new task formats and equally a need for renewed scrutiny of established conventions. Recent recommendations to increase integrated skills assessment in lecture comprehension tests is premised on empirical research that demonstrates enhanced construct…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Lecture Method, Listening Comprehension Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Almusharraf, Norah; Bailey, Daniel R. – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
Mapping multivariate influence of learner characteristics on behavior highlights models in learning. To this end, we explored the relationships between strategies and learning characteristics and used regression analysis to understand how learner characteristics predict learning strategy choices. A cross-sectional research design with 175 students…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Case Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zare, Mohammad; Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh; Sadighi, Firooz; Rassaei, Ehsan – Cogent Education, 2021
The current study focused mainly on the role of the linguistic complexity of IELTS writing Task 2. In other words, it investigated the differential effects of two interrelated linguistic complexities of writing Task 2 on the three levels of discourse representation and what IELTS candidates perceived through analyzing IELTS writing topics both at…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Writing Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Vafaee, Payman; Suzuki, Yuichi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
The main purpose of the current study was to examine the relative significance of vocabulary knowledge (VK) and syntactic knowledge (SK) in second language (L2) listening ability, while accounting for the effect of several cognitive and affective factors. A total of 263 English-as-a-foreign-language learners took a standardized listening test…
Descriptors: Syntax, Second Language Learning, Memory, Language Tests