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Wallace, Matthew P.; Ke, Haijiao – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2023
This study examined the content alignment between an English as a foreign language skills curriculum and a provincial language test in China. When there is misalignment in the content between the standards of a curriculum and a test, conclusions about student abilities and teaching effectiveness can be questioned. To examine this, three categories…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Alignment (Education), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yüce, Erkan; Mirici, Ismail Hakki – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
Current study investigated applicability of the 9th Grade EFL Program with regard to proficiency descriptors and educational principles of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Qualitative inquiry was followed by adopting a phenomenological approach to conduct the study. The data were collected through document analyses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 9, Second Language Instruction
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Sundqvist, Pia; Wikström, Peter; Sandlund, Erica; Nyroos, Lina – Language Testing, 2018
The present paper looks at the issue of standardization in L2 oral testing. Whereas external examiners are frequently used globally, some countries opt for test-takers' own teachers as examiners instead. In the present study, Sweden is used as a case in point, with a focus on the mandatory, high-stakes, summative, ninth-grade national test in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Standards, Second Language Learning, Language Tests