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Ying Xu; Xiaodong Li; Jin Chen – Language Testing, 2025
This article provides a detailed review of the Computer-based English Listening Speaking Test (CELST) used in Guangdong, China, as part of the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) to assess students' English proficiency. The CELST measures listening and speaking skills as outlined in the "English Curriculum for Senior Middle…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
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Hitoshi Nishizawa – Language Testing, 2024
Corpus-based studies have offered the domain definition inference for test developers. Yet, corpus-based studies on temporal fluency measures (e.g., speech rate) have been limited, especially in the context of academic lecture settings. This made it difficult for test developers to sample representative fluency features to create authentic…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Testing
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Stefan O'Grady – International Journal of Listening, 2025
Language assessment is increasingly computermediated. This development presents opportunities with new task formats and equally a need for renewed scrutiny of established conventions. Recent recommendations to increase integrated skills assessment in lecture comprehension tests is premised on empirical research that demonstrates enhanced construct…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Lecture Method, Listening Comprehension Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
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Abdullah Al-Abri; Fatemeh Ranjbaran Madiseh; Mostafa Morady Moghaddam – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
Enhancing students' lexical fluency and academic performance in speaking exams presents a significant challenge for English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors. The pursuit of effective tools to engage students and facilitate their learning process has been ongoing. The incorporation of technology in EFL learning contexts, particularly through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Mehri Izadi; Maliheh Izadi; Farrokhlagha Heidari – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In today's environment of growing class sizes due to the prevalence of online and e-learning systems, providing one-to-one instruction and feedback has become a challenging task for teachers. Anyhow, the dialectical integration of instruction and assessment into a seamless and dynamic activity can provide a continuous flow of assessment…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Karim Sadeghi; Neda Bakhshi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
Assessing language skills in an integrative form has drawn the attention of assessment experts in recent years. While some research data exists on integrative listening/reading-to-write assessment, there is comparatively little research literature on listening-to-speak integrated assessment. Also, little attention has been devoted to the role of…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing