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The Creation and Validation of the Arabic Vocabulary Levels Test (Arabic-VLT)

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Abdullah Alamer; Ahmed Al Khateeb; Abdulrahman Alshabeb – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025

This study introduces the first Arabic Vocabulary Levels Test (Arabic-VLT), created for foreign learners of Arabic. We present compelling evidence to substantiate its validity and reliability. The Arabic-VLT was developed according to five levels, beginning with the most frequently used words (Level 1) to the least frequently used ones (Level 5),…

Descriptors: Arabic, Vocabulary Development, Test Construction, Second Language Learning

Effects of Students' Contact with the English Language and Its Users on Students' Preferences for Global Englishes Language Teaching

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Natsuno Funada – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025

Studies on Global Englishes (GE)-related pedagogical and curricular innovations emphasize the importance of exposing students to the diversity of English and its users. However, they do not provide direct evidence of changes in students' attitudes. The reliability and validity of existing quantitative instruments for measuring students' attitudes…

Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction