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Speaking Exams with Less Anxiety in Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Assessment (ICALA): Mirroring EFL Learners' Foreign Language Anxiety, Shyness, Autonomy, and Enjoyment
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Botir Elov; Irodakhon Abdullayeva; Laylo Raupova; Azam Kholikov; Marguba Mirkasimova – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
A significant number of students experience anxiety when asked to speak in English. This unease, often rooted in factors such as shyness, lack of confidence, uncertainty, and a lack of motivation, can hinder their active participation during English oral exams. One of the most important goals that every English language teacher should strive to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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
The UK C-BiLLT: Validity and Reliability of an Online Assessment of Spoken Language Comprehension for Children with Severe Motor Disorders
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Lindsay Pennington; Lily Potts; Janice Murray; Johanna Geytenbeek; Kate Laws; Jenefer Sargent; Michael Clarke; John Swettenham; Julie Lachkovic; Catherine Martin; Elaine McColl – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Current UK measures of early spoken language comprehension require manipulation of toys and/or verbal responses and are not accessible to children with severe motor impairments. The Computer-Based Instrument for Low motor Language Testing (C-BiLLT) (originally validated in Dutch) is a computerized test of spoken language comprehension…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills
Optimizing Oral Proficiency Assessment in Chinese as a Second Language: Challenges and Improvement Strategies of the OPI Test
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Na Liu; Jeferd Saong – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
The study examined the use of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in assessing Chinese as a second language and the challenges faced by teachers in the Chinese Language Scholarship (CLS) program. The Concurrent Triangulation Mixed Method Research was used in the study in which qualitative and quantitative data are collected simultaneously,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Proficiency