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Download full textWaluyo, Budi; Rofiah, Nur Lailatur – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
This study examined the interplay among self-confidence, teacher feedback, and English proficiency in terms of developing students' English oral presentation competence. The study involved learners in the fields of Sciences and Technology, and Humanities and Social Science (N=390; 75% female; 26% male). It looked at how presentation courses, which…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkDashti, Laleh; Razmjoo, Seyyed Ayatollah – Cogent Education, 2020
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore Iranian IELTS candidates' strengths and weaknesses in IELTS Speaking Test in terms of IELTS's four speaking assessment criteria, namely Fluency and Coherence (FlC), Lexical Resource (LR), Grammar Range and Accuracy (GRA), and Pronunciation (Pro). It also aimed to examine the discourse features…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Speech Communication
Demir, Sezgin – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Listening and speaking skills are fundamental determinants of an individual's academic success. The aim of this research is to establish the relationship between listening and speaking skills, and study how listening predicts and cognitively arranges speaking. The research was carried out using the quantitative pattern in correlational type. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Listening Skills, Speech Skills
Hung, Shao-Ting Alan; Huang, Heng-Tsung Danny – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The study investigated the usefulness of blogs in evaluating English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners' oral performance and explored their reactions toward using blogs as a learning and assessment tool for English-speaking performance. Fifty-one college students participated in a semester-long blog project, and each uploaded five audio entries to…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, English (Second Language), Language Skills, College Students
Yu, Guoxing; He, Lianzhen; Rea-Dickins, Pauline; Kiely, Richard; Lu, Yanbin; Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Yan; Xu, Shasha; Fang, Lin – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Language test preparation has often been studied within the consequential validity framework in relation to ethics, equity, fairness, and washback of assessment. The use of independent and integrated speaking tasks in the "TOEFL iBT"® test represents a significant development and innovation in assessing speaking ability in academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Hipfner-Boucher, Kathleen; Milburn, Trelani; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice; Pelletier, Janette; Girolametto, Luigi – First Language, 2014
This study examines the relationship between complex oral language and phonological awareness in the preschool years. Specifically, the authors investigate the relationship between concurrent measures of oral narrative structure (based on measures of both story retell and generation), and measures of blending and elision in a sample of 89 children…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Preschool Children, Phonological Awareness, Memory
Knell, Ellen; Chi, Yanping – International Education, 2012
Early English immersion in China has been studied from many angles, but no research to date has investigated affective variables, which may have a profound relevance to successful English acquisition. The present study examines the roles of motivation, attitudes towards learning English, willingness to communicate, perceived competence, language…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Anxiety, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Xi, Xiaoming – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
Although the primary use of the speaking section of the Test of English as a Foreign Language™ Internet-based test (TOEFL® iBT Speaking test) is to inform admissions decisions at English medium universities, it may also be useful as an initial screening measure for international teaching assistants (ITAs). This study provides criterion-related…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language), Language Tests
