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Dongkwang Shin; Jang Ho Lee – ELT Journal, 2024
Although automated item generation has gained a considerable amount of attention in a variety of fields, it is still a relatively new technology in ELT contexts. Therefore, the present article aims to provide an accessible introduction to this powerful resource for language teachers based on a review of the available research. Particularly, it…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Artificial Intelligence, Test Items, Automation
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Zhaoyu Yang; Ping Wang – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
This study offers a bibliometric overview of the English language assessment research from 1992 to 2024. It aims to uncover the current state, research trends, and future directions of the field. A total of 927 articles published in Web of Science (WoS) were analyzed using the VOSviewer bibliometric software tool. Based on the sample of 927…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Periodicals
Jiyeo Yun – English Teaching, 2023
Studies on automatic scoring systems in writing assessments have also evaluated the relationship between human and machine scores for the reliability of automated essay scoring systems. This study investigated the magnitudes of indices for inter-rater agreement and discrepancy, especially regarding human and machine scoring, in writing assessment.…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Interrater Reliability, Essays, Scoring
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Min, Shangchao; He, Lianzhen; Zhang, Jie – Language Teaching, 2020
This article reviews a selected sample of 70 empirical studies in journal articles and doctoral dissertations on language assessment in China between 2011 and 2018. Following a brief introduction to the history and current state of language assessment in China, the article presents a critical review of language assessment research on six themes…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Journal Articles
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Kochem, Tim; Beck, Jeanne; Goodale, Erik – CALICO Journal, 2022
Technology has paved the way for new modalities in language learning, teaching, and assessment. However, there is still a great deal of work to be done to develop such tools for oral communication, specifically tools that address suprasegmental features in pronunciation instruction. Therefore, this critical literature review examines how…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Audio Equipment, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Davoodifard, Mahshad – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2022
Over the past 40 years, second language educators and assessors have come to the realization that investigating the process of writing can shed light on language teaching, learning and assessment practices (Odendahl & Deane, 2018). What L2 writers do and think while writing can provide links between the task, the related construct and the…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Accuracy, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
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Simon Paxton; Tae Yamazaki; Hannah Kunert – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The entrance exams to Japanese universities have long been criticised for creating negative "washback" on English education in high schools in Japan, as teachers have often focused their teaching efforts on teaching grammar to prepare students for these exams rather than helping students to develop competency in spoken English. Many…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Marsden, Emma; Dudley, Amber; Hawkes, Rachel – Modern Language Journal, 2023
The awarding organizations that create and administer high-stakes assessments for beginner-to-low-intermediate 16-year-old learners of French, German, and Spanish in England provide optional topic-driven word lists as guides for teachers and textbook writers. Given that these lists are developed by the awarding organizations, they exert a powerful…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Word Frequency, Secondary School Students, Second Language Instruction
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Chapelle, Carol A.; Voss, Erik – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This review article provides an analysis of the research from the last two decades on the theme of technology and second language assessment. Based on an examination of the assessment scholarship published in "Language Learning & Technology" since its launch in 1997, we analyzed the review articles, research articles, book reviews,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Efficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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James Dean Brown; Ali Panahi; Hassan Mohebbi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Panahi and Mohebbi review James Dean Brown's 50-years of research in language testing, curriculum development and research statistics with reference to an impressionistic framework for analysis containing two components with their subcomponents: Annotations (i.e., briefing and implications) and main concepts and themes (i.e., testing and teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Curriculum Development
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Alqahtani, Faten – English Language Teaching, 2021
Existing literature indicates that assessment is a critical aspect of teaching and learning language; the outcomes of testing are vital. The history of assessment can be traced back to when exams primarily served two significant purposes in China: choosing candidates for admission into government offices and preventing corruption. Washback as a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing Problems, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bahari, Akbar – Open Learning, 2021
This study reports on a review of 286 peer-reviewed articles from 2002-2018 to identify the mainstream assessment tools and strategies adopted for language proficiency assessment in computer-assisted language learning studies. Given the diversity of tools and strategies being adopted for assessment purposes, it was highly critical to trace the…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Liu, Chen; Zhang, Jinjin – English Language Teaching, 2019
After thirty years of development, the teaching of interpreting in China has achieved a moderate scale giving the credit to the growing demand for interpreting talents, as well as the spread of interpreting teaching among universities. This study reviewed the papers on interpreting teaching research published for the past decade in China covered…
Descriptors: Translation, Foreign Countries, Talent, Second Language Learning
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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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Moodie, Ian; Nam, Hyun-Jeong – Language Teaching, 2016
This article reviews recent studies on English language teaching (ELT) in South Korea, where a great deal of research has been produced in recent years in local journals. In this article we review 95 studies from a pool of some 1,200 published between 2009 and 2014 on English language teaching and learning, focusing on research within the public…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Language Teachers
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