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Direct linkBoonsuk, Yusop; Karakas, Ali – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2020
Introduction: In recent years, the number of test-takers of international tests of English has grown at an exponential rate. Those whose first language is not English, i.e. non-native English speakers (NNES), constitute the predominant majority of these test-takers, largely based in non-Anglophone contexts. Thus, the state of whether the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textErfani, Shiva Seyed – English Language Teaching, 2012
One consequence of test use in the English-language teaching community is the negative washback of tests on teaching and learning. Test preparation courses are often seen as part of the more general issue of washback. IELTS and TOEFL iBT tests, focusing on communicative competence, are anticipated to have positive washback effect on how English is…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Testing Problems
Des Brisay, Margaret; Ready, Doreen – 1991
The use of test results as a criterion for evaluating the design of an intensive English language program is examined in one Canadian university program in Indonesia. The study was investigating whether: (1) realistic estimates of training needs were being made; (2) data from other tests would enable better prediction of student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Coombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
