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Bordin Chinda; Don Hinkelman – rEFLections, 2023
This qualitative study, conducted in Hokkaido, Japan, concerns the investigation of the teacher cognition and practice of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) assessment and the impact of a professional development (PD) program on the participants. The PD program was carried out as a series of seven in-service workshops with five native speakers of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Sivakorn Tangsakul; Kornwipa Poonpon – rEFLections, 2024
Given the significant global influence of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CEFR) on English language education, this study deals with aligning a university's academic reading tests to the CEFR. It aimed at validating the test construct of the academic reading tests in relation to the…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Reading Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Ninuk Indrayani; Bambang Yudi Cahyono; Nur Mukminatien; Francisca Maria Ivone – rEFLections, 2024
Self-Directed Informal Digital Learning of English (SD-IDLE) plays a crucial role in informal language learning. This study aims to examine the SD-IDLE nature of English learning among Indonesian university students and its impact on language learning and personal development. The research used a sequential explanatory mixed methods design,…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Informal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Limgomolvilas, Sasithorn; Wudthayagorn, Jirada – rEFLections, 2022
Although the ethnography of speaking is one of the approaches used to analyze discourse (Schiffrin, 1994; Cameron, 2012), its benefits and uses can be applied in the field of language assessment when designing a drug-dispensing, classroom-based test task. In this article, pharmacy specialists and students functioning as members of the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Teaching Methods, Discourse Analysis, Language Tests
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Sangnok, Parinda; Jaturapitakkul, Natjiree – rEFLections, 2019
Perceptions in English accents are of paramount importance to understand the use of English language in communication nowadays. Asian English accents recently become a trend of real communicative environment that Thai learners are getting more acquainted for work and socialize. Thus, this study aimed to investigate 152 first-year Thai…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Pronunciation
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Phongsirikul, Marissa – rEFLections, 2018
The study aimed to investigate teachers' and students' perceptions towards traditional and alternative types of assessment within a classroom context of an English course provided for English-majoring students at tertiary level. A combination of traditional and alternative assessment tools was implemented in the study. The researcher developed…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Alternative Assessment, Second Language Learning