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Ines A. Martin; Lieselotte Sippel – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study investigated the relationship between learner beliefs about peer feedback and development of second language (L2) pronunciation skills after peer feedback on pronunciation had been used in the classroom. Seventy-four first-year learners of German were assigned to a peer feedback provider group, a peer feedback receiver group, and a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Second Language Learning
Naka, Laura – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Formative assessment has been often encouraged recently as a pivot component in the methodology of evaluation but the student's views of how this affects the improvement of language learning in some countries are disregarded in a way. Therefore, the following study investigates the experiences of students (pre-service teachers) in formative…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Preservice Teachers
Er, Haticetul Kubra; Farhady, Hossein – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of learning-oriented assessment (LOA) on the academic writing ability of EFL students (N:40) during a 12-week in the semester of 2019-2020 academic year in the context of a higher education. Within a pretest-posttest intact group design, the experimental group received instruction following…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Academic Language, Writing Ability
Hughes, Lee – ORTESOL Journal, 2021
The topic of washback itself and how it applies to oral assessment procedures/contexts is a relevant and important topic for the field of English language teaching, and there have been a number of studies into oral washback in evaluation of students (Khan et al., 2019). Washback effect refers to the impact of testing--whether positive or…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, English (Second Language)
Masoomeh Estaji – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
In global trends and current curricular policy reforms in second language (L2) education, there is a great emphasis on repositioning of teachers as assessors and teachers' role as responsible agents in assessment. However, various factors affect the agency of teachers as assessors in the classroom. This study explored the ways English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Masoomeh Estaji; Maryam Kogani – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
Although learning-oriented assessment (LOA) has been recognized as an effective method of assessment, the literature on this concept in relation to teacher professionalism is limited. In response to this gap, the present study explored 16 Iranian novice and experienced EFL teachers' beliefs and practices of LOA. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Azizi, Zeinab; Namaziandost, Ehsan – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Though dynamic assessment (DA) has gained strong theoretical and empirical support over the last decades, second language (L2) practitioners have blamed it for its applicability in large classes. To ameliorate this limitation, peer-dynamic assessment (peer-DA), rooted in the conceptualization of zone of proximal development (ZPD), can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Second Language Learning
Quynh Thi Ngoc Nguyen; Susan Sheehan; Chi Thi Nguyen; Hoa Quynh Nguyen; Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen; Thuy Thai; Yen Thi Quynh Nguyen; Hien Thi Thu Tran; Sao Bui – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
Context has been recognized to exert a significant influence on language policy and planning (e.g., Cross, 2009; Gorsuch, 2000; Köksal & Sahin, 2012) as well as on teachers' decisions in the field of English language teaching and assessment (e.g., Fulmer et al., 2015; Shulman & Shulman, 2004). However, research on the interface among…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Mazandarani, Omid; Troudi, Salah – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2022
Reporting on the results of a sequential mixed-methods study conducted in the Iranian higher education context, this paper addressed measures and features of teacher effectiveness evaluation from EFL lecturers' perspectives. In so doing, two groups of lecturers were recruited to participate in quantitative (n = 43) and qualitative (n = 14) phases…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
Giraldo, Frank; Escalante-Villa, Daniela; Isaza-Palacio, Daniela – HOW, 2023
Language assessment literacy has gained recent attention in the field of language testing, particularly on teachers' profile. However, the literature on LAL is limited regarding teachers' perceptions of language assessment courses. In this paper, we used a case study method to characterize the perceptions of eighteen English language teachers into…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Yu-Ting Kao – Language Learning Journal, 2024
This study explores how the concept of Assessment for Learning (AfL) is practised in the CLIL contexts. It focuses on the assessment purpose of understanding and supporting students' content and language learning. Ten CLIL teachers in the bilingual program of three different regions in Taiwan were involved in the study. Results from the class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Estaji, Masoomeh; Banitalebi, Zahra – TESL-EJ, 2023
Despite a large number of studies on teachers' assessment literacy (AL) and the increasing interest in digital assessment, there is a paucity of research on teachers' AL in digital environments (TALiDE). To bridge this gap, the current study explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on TALiDE, the roles, and competencies underlying TALiDE, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Doosti, Mehdi; Ahmadi Safa, Mohammad – International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
This study examined the effect of rater training on promoting inter-rater reliability in oral language assessment. It also investigated whether rater training and the consideration of the examinees' expectations by the examiners have any effect on test-takers' perceptions of being fairly evaluated. To this end, four raters scored 31 Iranian…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Interrater Reliability, Training
Sayyadi, Ali – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
The study examined university-level English instructors' assessment training experiences, classroom-based assessment practices, and assessment training needs in Iran. Sixty-eight instructors who were randomly selected through academic social networks filled out a questionnaire. Eight instructors were also interviewed. The results indicated that…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Faculty Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nozhovnik, Oleh; Harbuza, Tetiana; Starosta, Hanna; Radchenko, Yuliia; Zatserkovnyi, Oleh – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
The purpose of the study was to identify and categorise the criteria-specified instructional approaches to fostering undergraduates' cross-cultural skills involving training them in foreign languages and to evaluate their effectiveness and feasibility. It was a systemic review of the effectiveness type. The descriptive content analysis was used as…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Undergraduate Students, Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods