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Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Safaee, Seyyed Esmail – English Language Teaching, 2017
Being driven by the hypothetico-deductive mode of inquiry, previous studies have tested the effectiveness of theory-driven interventions under controlled experimental conditions to come up with universally applicable generalizations. To make a case in the opposite direction, this data-driven study aims at uncovering techniques and strategies…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Strategies, Experienced Teachers, Educational Strategies
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Beltrán, Jorge – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2016
In the assessment of aural skills of second language learners, the study of the inclusion of visual stimuli has almost exclusively been conducted in the context of listening assessment. While the inclusion of contextual information in test input has been advocated for by numerous researchers (Ockey, 2010), little has been said regarding the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Speech Skills, Speech Tests, Second Language Learning
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Stewart, Jeffrey; White, David A. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
Multiple-choice tests such as the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) are often viewed as a preferable estimator of vocabulary knowledge when compared to yes/no checklists, because self-reporting tests introduce the possibility of students overreporting or underreporting scores. However, multiple-choice tests have their own unique disadvantages. It has…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Scoring Formulas, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Reliability
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Xi, Xiaoming; Higgins, Derrick; Zechner, Klaus; Williamson, David M. – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This report presents the results of a research and development effort for SpeechRater? Version 1.0 (v1.0), an automated scoring system for the spontaneous speech of English language learners used operationally in the Test of English as a Foreign Language™ (TOEFL®) Practice Online assessment (TPO). The report includes a summary of the validity…
Descriptors: Speech, Scoring, Scoring Rubrics, Scoring Formulas
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Kim, Daesang; Gilman, David A. – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
This study is an investigation of the use of multimedia components such as visual text, spoken text, and graphics in a Web-based self-instruction program to increase learners' English vocabulary learning at Myungin Middle School in Seoul, South Korea. A total of 172 middle school students (14 years of age) in five classes participated in the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Multimedia Materials, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
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Stricker, Lawrence J.; Rock, Donald A. – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This study assessed the invariance in the factor structure of the "Test of English as a Foreign Language"™ Internet-based test (TOEFL® iBT) across subgroups of test takers who differed in native language and exposure to the English language. The subgroups were defined by (a) Indo-European and Non-Indo-European language family, (b)…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing