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Kyle, Kristopher; Eguchi, Masaki; Choe, Ann Tai; LaFlair, Geoff – Language Testing, 2022
In the realm of language proficiency assessments, the domain description inference and the extrapolation inference are key components of a validity argument. Biber et al.'s description of the lexicogrammatical features of the spoken and written registers in the T2K-SWAL corpus has served as support for the TOEFL iBT test's domain description and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Written Language, Speech Communication, Inferences
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Gu, Lin; Davis, Larry; Tao, Jacob; Zechner, Klaus – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2021
Recent technology advancements have increased the prospects for automated spoken language technology to provide feedback on speaking performance. In this study we examined user perceptions of using an automated feedback system for preparing for the TOEFL iBT® test. Test takers and language teachers evaluated three types of machine-generated…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Test Preparation, Feedback (Response), Scores
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Kyle, Kristopher; Choe, Ann Tai; Eguchi, Masaki; LaFlair, Geoff; Ziegler, Nicole – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
A key piece of a validity argument for a language assessment tool is clear overlap between assessment tasks and the target language use (TLU) domain (i.e., the domain description inference). The TOEFL 2000 Spoken and Written Academic Language (T2K-SWAL) corpus, which represents a variety of academic registers and disciplines in traditional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Alotumi, Mohialdeen – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This article is an action research of quasi-experimental nature. It aims at investigating the effect of CALL-based instruction on Yemeni students' score attainment on the TOEFL iBT. The sample of study consisted of 30 adult students randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Data was collected within an 8-week period via a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Ashwell, Tim; Elam, Jesse R. – JALT CALL Journal, 2017
The ultimate aim of our research project was to use the Google Web Speech API to automate scoring of elicited imitation (EI) tests. However, in order to achieve this goal, we had to take a number of preparatory steps. We needed to assess how accurate this speech recognition tool is in recognizing native speakers' production of the test items; we…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Barkaoui, Khaled – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
This study aimed to describe the writing activities that test takers engage in when responding to the writing tasks in the "TOEFL iBT"[superscript R] test and to examine the effects of task type and test-taker English language proficiency (ELP) and keyboarding skills on the frequency and distribution of these activities. Each of 22 test…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Writing Instruction
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Gobel, Peter; Kano, Makimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a year-long reading while listening (RWL) program run for university first-year students at a private university in Japan. The program was developed to give students practice in listening to a large volume of spoken English--a practice that the majority of Japanese students lack. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Program Implementation, Reading Programs, Listening Skills
Laborda, Jesus Garcia – Online Submission, 2009
The implications of new learning environments have been far-reaching and pervasive (Plass, 1998), at least in the field of interface design both in traditional computer and mobile devices (Fallahkhair, Pemberton, & Griffiths, 2007). Given the current status of efficient models, educators need the unproven unification of interfaces and working…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Design, Handheld Devices
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Carrell, Patricia L. – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
Utilizing a pre- and posttest research design, with an instructional intervention of good practices in notetaking, the notes taken by examinees during a computer-based listening comprehension test prior to and following the instructional intervention were examined for particular notetaking strategies. Questionnaires probed perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Pretests Posttests, Correlation, English (Second Language)