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Fujita, Ryoko – International Journal of Listening, 2022
This study aims to investigate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' use of context information under various noise conditions. The participants were seven Japanese undergraduate students. A noise test adopted from the Speech-Perception-in-Noise (SPIN) test (Kalikow et al., 1977) was used. Four signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions (SNRĀ =…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Jang, Eunice Eunhee; Roussos, Louis – International Journal of Testing, 2009
In this article we present results of a Differential Item Functioning (DIF) study using Shealy and Stout's (1993) multidimensionality-based DIF analysis framework. In this framework, differences in test score distributions across different groups of examinees may be a result of multidimensionality if secondary dimensions (not the primary dimension…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Scores