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Download full textStabler, Edward P., Jr. – 1986
A type of item used frequently in standardized testing involves the recognition of a sentence. Examples of such items are the sentence completion items, used in both the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and the sentence correction items used in the Test of Standard Written English. Tests that contain such…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Language Processing, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent)
Peer reviewedMurphy, Victoria A. – Second Language Research, 1997
A study investigated whether adult learners of a second language would judge grammaticality differently in visual and aural judgment tasks. Four groups were tested: English first-language, French first-language, English second-language, and French second-language. Results indicate judgments were slower and less accurate in the aural condition,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, English
