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Knoch, Ute; Deygers, Bart; Khamboonruang, Apichat – Language Testing, 2021
Rating scale development in the field of language assessment is often considered in dichotomous ways: It is assumed to be guided either by expert intuition or by drawing on performance data. Even though quite a few authors have argued that rating scale development is rarely so easily classifiable, this dyadic view has dominated language testing…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Test Construction, Language Tests, Test Use
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Isbell, Daniel R.; Son, Young-A – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
Elicited Imitation Tests (EITs) are commonly used in second language acquisition (SLA)/bilingualism research contexts to assess the general oral proficiency of study participants. While previous studies have provided valuable EIT construct-related validity evidence, some key gaps remain. This study uses an integrative data analysis to further…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Imitation, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Rehfeld, David M.; Padgett, R. Noah – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
This article presents a review of the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language--Second Edition (CASL-2), in which reliability, utility, and validity are analyzed and discussed. Some limited recommendations for practice are made based on a review of the information provided by the publisher for clinicians.
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
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Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2020
Language testing has witnessed three major trends in the 1990s: theoretical, methodological, and analytical. Theoretically, emphasis has been placed on the further understanding of the construct of language proficiency. Methodologically, there has been an outburst of interest in language performance testing and the promotion of the professional…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Use, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory
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Hernández-Ocampo, Sonia Patricia – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
The current discussion about assessment in the language teaching context--involving topics such as immigration and citizenship, and university entrance--has brought with it the issue of justice in assessment. Although in Colombia such concerns are not generally discussed, it is important to consider fairness when it comes to classroom assessment.…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Shin, Dongil; Cho, Eunhae – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
Drawing on critical discourse analysis methodologies, this study examines the discursive conflicts and strategies employed by newspaper media surrounding the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in Korea. NEAT was reported to cause severe competition among young learners of English and lacked public support. Discursive conflicts over whether NEAT…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Newspapers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Bennett, Jessica G.; Gardner, Ralph, III; Rizzi, Gleides Lopes – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
Strong correlations exist between signed and/or spoken English and the literacy skills of deaf and hard of hearing students. Assessments that are both valid and reliable are key for researchers and practitioners investigating the signed and/or spoken English skills of signing populations. The authors conducted a literature review to explore which…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Sign Language, Language Skills
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Harsch, Claudia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
This article explores a number of key issues that emerged during the panel discussion that followed the General Language Proficiency Symposium at the Language Testing Forum (LTF) 2010, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the LTF. The key issues that emerged during the discussion should be of interest to a wider audience, as they express current…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Literacy, Language Tests, High Stakes Tests
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Geytenbeek, Joke; Harlaar, Laurike; Stam, Marloes; Ket, Hans; Becher, Jules G.; Oostrom, Kim; Vermeulen, Jeroen – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: To identify the use and utility of language comprehension tests for unintelligible or non-speaking children with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Severe CP was defined as severe dysarthria (unintelligible speech) or anarthria (absence of speech) combined with severe limited mobility, corresponding to Gross Motor Function Classification…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Speech Communication, Speech, Oral Language
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Brown, James Dean – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Discusses a serious problem that has existed for years in language research with regard to the use of the inferential statistic known as the t test. (12 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Tests, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis
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Troike, Rudolph C. – Journal of Education, 1983
Greater understanding of language and social forces constraining language performance has complicated the view of language as a code and the learner as an object to be conditioned. Serious questions arise, then, regarding effective testing of linguistic/communicative competence and the use of test results for educational decision making.…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Language Skills, Language Tests, Social Influences
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Siegel, Andrew F. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Reviews the role of statistical hypothesis testing in research, discusses the problems with multiple t tests, indicates when they are a problem, and suggests a compromise solution. (one reference) (JL)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Tests, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis
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Barnwell, David – System, 1988
Reviews research on the use of the "T-Unit" as a measure of language ability, demonstrating that the measure has limited utility in the case of second language, since it bases itself solely on syntax and does not reward speakers for sophistication in such areas as vocabulary. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Skills, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Bachman, Lyle F. – Language Testing, 2000
Reviews developments in language testing research and practice over the last 20 years, and suggests future directions in the areas of professionalizing the field and validation research. Argues that concerns for ethical conduct must be grounded in valid test use, so that professionalization and validation research are inseparable. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Ethics, Language Research, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction
Byrnes, Heidi, Ed.; Canale, Michael, Ed. – 1987
This volume presents papers that dicusss the need for more systematic and rigorous research programs to monitor the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines and their various implementations. "A Progress Report on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, 1982-1986" (David V. Hiple), traces the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Instructional Materials, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
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