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The Development and Validation of an L2 Student Digital Multimodal Composing Competence Scale
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Emily Di Zhang; Shulin Yu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
In this digital age, digital multimodal composing (DMC) has permeated the L2 classroom as a technology-enhanced L2 writing task. Despite the learning potential of DMC for L2 students, instruments that measure L2 students' DMC competence are rare. As such, the present study sought to develop and validate an L2 student DMC competence scale in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Pre-Service EFL Teachers' Motivational Beliefs about Instructional Use of Technology: Development and Validation of a Scale
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Zhengdong Gan; Christopher Fulton; Siying Li – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This article presents the development and validation of the Pre-Service EFL Teachers' Motivational Beliefs about Instructional Use of Technology scale (PTMB-EFL) using a randomly split sample. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a 23-item six-factor structure of the PTMB-EFL generated from exploratory factor analysis. Significant correlations…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Teacher Motivation
Validating a Computer-Assisted Language Learning Attitude Instrument Used in Iranian EFL Context: An Evidence-Based Approach
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Aryadoust, Vahid; Mehran, Parisa; Alizadeh, Mehrasa – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
A few computer-assisted language learning (CALL) instruments have been developed in Iran to measure EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' attitude toward CALL. However, these instruments have no solid validity argument and accordingly would be unable to provide a reliable measurement of attitude. The present study aimed to develop a CALL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Interactive Evaluation of Listening Comprehension: How the Context May Help.
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Coniam, David – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1998
Describes the design and implementation of a computer-based listening test--the "Text dictation." The article first discusses the importance of listening centering on a coherent text, rather than short listening fragments, and discusses drawbacks of listening programs wherein the required responses consist of noninteractive test types, such as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, Second Language Instruction
ATLAS: Computerised Second Language Proficiency Testing.
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Troubleyn, Katrien; And Others – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses the development of the Adaptive Testing Linguistic Achievement Significance (ATLAS) test used to evaluate second language proficiency of Belgian civil servants. Notes that testers encountered various problems caused by the complexity of language, the difference in background of the candidates and the absence of official objective test…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Employees
ARIANE: Computerised Mother Tongue Tests for Belgian Civil Servants.
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Van Walle, Ann; And Others – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses ARIANE, a representative computerized mother tongue test measuring relevant aspects of communication and presenting test candidates with a varied selection of different texts and audio material, followed by different strategies. Outlines how the test's objectives were specified, its database and strategies developed, and how the test was…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software