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A Cognitive Diagnostic Approach to IELTS Speaking Test: Unveiling the Subskills and Test-Takers' Perceptions
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Maryam Heidari Vincheh; Azizullah Mirzaei; Ali Roohani – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
Although the IELTS speaking test assesses English verbal-communication competence accurately and reliably, its traditional, retroactive scoring framework stops short of providing detailed diagnostic information about individual test-takers' specific domains of proficiency or deficiency. This study employed a cognitive diagnostic assessment (CDA)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Wiseness, Thinking Skills, English (Second Language)
Learner-Oriented Assessment (LOA) Practice: The Comparative Study of Self-Assessment, Peer Assessment, and Teacher Assessment on EFL Learners' Writing Complicity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CAF), Speaking CAF, and Attitude
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Al-Rashidi, Anwar Hammad; Asif, Muhammad; Vanani, Masoumeh Ghasemi; Aberash, Amhara – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
As the effects of self-assessment, peer assessment, and teacher assessment on EFL learners' writing CAF and speaking CAF have not examined in Iran, this research compared their effectiveness on developing Iranian EFL students' writing CAF and speaking CAF. Moreover, this research examined the attitudes of EFL students towards the three types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Controlled Instruction, Peer Evaluation, Student Evaluation
The Comparative Effect of Group Dynamic Assessment (GDA) and Computerized Dynamic Assessment (C-DA) on Iranian Upper-Intermediate EFL Learners' Speaking Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CAF)
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Ghahderijani, Behnoosh Heshmat; Namaziandost, Ehsan; Tavakoli, Mona; Kumar, Tribhuwan; Magizov, Rustem – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
This study attempted to check the impact of two dynamic assessment (DA) models on speaking CAF. DA, as opposed to static assessment, is conceived as an interactive approach to assessment that integrates teaching and testing into a unified instructional engagement. To achieve the goals of this research, a convenience sample of 90 upper-intermediate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alternative Assessment, Group Testing, Computer Assisted Testing