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Download full textDaftari, Giti Ehtesham; Tavil, Zekiye Müge – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
The discrimination between native and non-native English speaking teachers is reported in favor of native speakers in literature. The present study examines the linguistic insecurity of non-native English speaking teachers (NNESTs) and investigates its influence on learners' productive skills by using SPSS software. The eighteen teachers…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Direct linkYashima, Tomoko; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Ikeda, Maiko – Language Teaching Research, 2018
Recently, situated willingness to communicate (WTC) has received increasing research attention in addition to traditional quantitative studies of trait-like WTC. This article is an addition to the former but unique in two ways. First, it investigates both trait and state WTC in a classroom context and explores ways to combine the two to reach a…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
Doqaruni, Vahid Rahmani – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2014
Research has revealed that second language learners often seem passive and reticent in language classrooms. In the age of globalization, however, there is an urgent need for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers to enhance their reticent students' confidence to help them take part more actively in classroom oral activities. In line with…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Action Research, Self Esteem, Second Language Instruction
Ma, Jia; Cheng, Liying – TESL Canada Journal, 2015
Test preparation for high-stakes English language tests has received increasing research attention in the language assessment field; however, little is known about what aspects of test preparation students attend to and value. In this study, we considered the perspectives of 12 Chinese students who were enrolled in various academic programs in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Test Preparation
So, Youngsoon – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
This article presents a case study incorporating English teachers' perspectives into the development of a large-scale international English assessment, the recently developed "TOEFL Junior"® Comprehensive test. It discusses how stakeholder feedback gathered during test development supports the validity argument for score interpretation…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Test Construction, Feedback (Response), Language Tests
Wall, Dianne; Horák, Tania – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
The aim of this report is to present the findings of the 3rd and 4th phases of a longitudinal study into the impact of changes in the TOEFL® exam on teaching in test preparation classrooms. Phase 1 (2003-2004) described the type of teaching taking place in 12 TOEFL preparation classrooms before the introduction of the new TOEFL. Phase 2…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Longitudinal Studies
Garcia Laborda, Jesus – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2008
In recent years, the Educational Testing System organisation has developed two models of the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). However, the computerization of the test has shown a number of problems according to the testees' origin. This paper suggests some of these problems after conducting short interviews with four…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Wall, Dianne; Horák, Tania – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
The aim of this report is to present the findings of the second phase in a longitudinal study of the impact of changes in the TOEFL® test on teaching and learning in test preparation classrooms. The focus of this phase was to monitor six teachers from five countries in Central and Eastern Europe as they received news about changes in the TOEFL and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
