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Download full textNakhon Kitjaroonchai; Pimolporn Sanitchai; Chomphunut Phutikettrkit – Journal of English Teaching, 2024
This study examined the relationships between reading assistant (RA) software usage, reading comprehension ability, and post-TOEIC reading scores among Thai EFL university students. Seventy-six students from a private international university in central Thailand participated. Data were collected from students' pre- and post-TOEIC reading scores…
Descriptors: Correlation, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Fluency
Direct linkOkim Kang; Maria Kostromitina; Xun Yan; Ron I. Thomson; Talia Isaacs – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
There has been much debate in assessment research about the inclusion of Global English accents in high-stakes listening tests. This study explored test-takers' attitudes toward the inclusion of different English accents in the Duolingo English Test (DET) 2021 test version and their associations with listening test scores. One hundred sixty…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
Daly, Nigel P. – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
The road to second language competence is a long and arduous one, and much of its effort involves learning to recognize and use vocabulary. Fortunately, anytime-anywhere learning with smart phones and smart apps offer a means to lessen the burden and make vocabulary learning more efficient. Accordingly, this study investigated 134 students across…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Tests
Lyddon, Paul A.; Kramer, Brandon – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Although Extensive Reading (ER) has been shown to increase reading fluency and comprehension, such benefits are generally slow to appear. The present study investigated the possible contribution of ER to single-semester Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) reading gains. The participants were 497 first-year students from two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Sieh, Yu-cheng – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2016
In an attempt to compare how orthography and phonology interact in EFL learners with different reading abilities, online measures were administered in this study to two groups of university learners, indexed by their reading scores on the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). In terms of "accuracy," the less-skilled…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Word Recognition, Phonology, English (Second Language)
Bower, Jack Victor; Rutson-Griffiths, Arthur – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
A strong relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading and listening comprehension is well established. However, less research has been conducted to explore correlations between pedagogic interventions to increase vocabulary knowledge and score gains on standardized L2 proficiency tests. This study addresses this gap in the research…
Descriptors: Correlation, Computer Software, Scores, Language Tests
