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Can the Oral Proficiency Interview -- Computer (ACTFL OPIc) Be Used Instead of the Oral Proficiency Interview (ACTFL OPI)? An Aligned Rank Transform (ART) Analysis
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Troy L. Cox; Gregory L. Thompson; Steven S. Stokes – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
This study investigated the differences between the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview - Computer (OPIc) among Spanish learners at a U.S. university. Participants (N = 154) were randomly assigned to take both tests in a counterbalanced order to mitigate test order effects. Data were analyzed using an…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Interviews, Computer Uses in Education
Opportunities for Intensive Growth of the Well-Being of Students Based on Interviews in Western Kazakhstan
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?alika Knissarina; Salima Seitenova; Mukhamejan Tusseyev; Akkenzhe Ussenova; Aigul Syzdykbayeva; Bolat Khassenov – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: The study aims to analyze opportunities for the intensive growth of youth well-being in Western Kazakhstan, focusing on factors like education, employment, technology, infrastructure, and social activity. This research addresses the regional challenges and prospects for youth development, contributing to policy-making and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Development, Well Being, Interviews
"Doing" and "Undoing" Power as Critical Intercultural Assessment: Original Teaching Idea--Semester for the Core Intercultural Communication Course
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Rona Tamiko Halualani – Communication Teacher, 2025
This essay highlights a critical assessment approach for intercultural communication courses that engages in a "doing--undoing" practice for instructors, with the aim of "doing" culture as learned through society and traditional intercultural communication instruction with the limited, romanticized, and settler colonial…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Teaching Methods, Cultural Awareness, Colonialism
Enhancing Fieldwork Interviews in Intercultural Education: A Positioning Theory Approach
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Kristin Rygg – Intercultural Education, 2025
Fieldwork interviews can be utilised in intercultural communication classrooms to compare theories with real-world experiences, promoting discovery and facilitating deeper learning. However, the insights drawn from such interviews are often reduced to direct quotes from interviewees, with little reflection on why they express their views in…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Business Communication, Lesson Plans, Armed Forces