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Aalaa Yaseen Hassan; Eman Adil Jaafar; Marwah Firas Abdullah Al-Rawe; Shaden Shamel Abdullah – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Determining students' language proficiency is essential for successful instruction and learning objectives in many educational settings. To this end, one of the most efficient assessment tools for measuring language proficiency is the C-test. Thus, the primary aim of this research is to assess the performance of university students through the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Leyli Kashef; Nasser Ghafoori; Akbar Valizadeh Oghani; Azadeh Mehrpouyan – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
The present study explored the effects of interactionist Dynamic Assessment (DA) and age on the writing accuracy of IELTS candidates. This research investigated the existence of an interactional effect between the age of learners and the type of treatment they received. First, 140 IELTS candidates were split into two age groups, adult and young.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Evaluation
Reza Shahi; Hamdollah Ravand; Golam Reza Rohani – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
The current paper intends to exploit the Many Facet Rasch Model to investigate and compare the impact of situations (items) and raters on test takers' performance on the Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) and Discourse Self-Assessment Tests (DSAT). In this study, the participants were 110 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alfelia Nugky Permatasari; Firmansyah Firmansyah; Heri Retnawati – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Becoming one of six official United Nations languages, English proficiency has become a prominent requirement for students and professionals entering international education and/ or careers, as assessed through standardized English proficiency tests. English learners conducted varied procedures to pursue the minimum test score criteria, including…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Alallo, Hajir Mahmood Ibrahim; Mohammed, Aisha; Hamid, Zayad Khalaf; Hassan, Aalaa Yaseen; Kadhim, Qasim Khlaif – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Diagnostic classification models (DCMs) have recently become very popular both for research purposes and for real testing endeavors for student assessment. A plethora of DCM models give researchers and practitioners a wide range of options for student diagnosis and classification. One intriguing option that some DCM models offer is the possibility…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
Ali Momeni; Esmaeel Ali Salimi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
In spite of the resurgence of interest in teachers' language assessment literacy (LAL), teachers' critical language assessment literacy (CLAL) has not garnered satisfactory prominence. This constitutes a substantial void in the extant corpus of literature that this study will address. To this illumination, a cross-sectional survey research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Sharareh Sadat Sarsarabi; Zeinab Sazegar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
The statement stated in a multiple-choice question can be developed regarding two types of sentences: Interruptive (periodic) and cumulative (or loose). This study deals with different kinds of stems in designing multiple-choice (MC) items. To fill the existing gap in the literature, two groups of teacher students passing general English courses…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Placement
Ghadah Albarqi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
The Elicited Imitation Test (EIT) is widely recognized for its reliability in research settings as a proficiency assessment tool. However, there exists a need to examine its predictive validity in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. This study investigates the extent to which the EIT, alongside the Oxford Placement Test (OPT), can…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Imitation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ali Akbar Ariamanesh; Hossein Barati; Manijeh Youhanaee – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
The present study investigates the efficacy of preparation time in four speaking tasks of TOEFL iBT. As the current pre-task planning time offered by ETS is very short, 15 to 30 seconds, we intended to explore how the test-takers' speaking quality would change if the preparation time was added to the response time, giving the respondents a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Test Preparation
Zari Saeedi; Zia Tajeddin; Fereshteh Tadayon – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
This research paper delved into the critical issue of applying English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) assessment principles in local English language tests used for non-native English speakers in Iranian language institutes. A qualitative content analysis was made on 60 local tests, dissecting them into domains, dimensions, and rating rubrics to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Marzieh Souzandehfar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
This study represents the inaugural attempt at assessing the authenticity of the tasks encompassed in the IELTS Speaking Module. The evaluation is conducted from the vantage points of applied linguistics and general education, and serves to enhance comprehension of authenticity and authentic assessment. In order to achieve this objective, an…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Applied Linguistics
Mohammadkhah, Ebrahim; Kiany, Gholam Reza; Tajeddin, Zia; ShayesteFar, Parvaneh – International Journal of Language Testing, 2022
The contemporary era of learning-oriented assessment (LOA) demands teacher professional efforts to appropriately and accurately assess learners' attainment and use the assessment results for the enhancement of learning. In second/foreign language (L2) discipline, this has recently brought language assessment literacy (LAL) to the forefront,…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Language Tests, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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
Ghorbanpour, Elham; Abbasian, Gholam-Reza; Mohseni, Ahmad – International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
Uni-furcation of assessment and instruction has recently been realized in the form of purposeful assessment scenarios; Assessment [x-bar] Scenarios (analogous to Noam Chomsky's [x-bar] Theory!). [x-bar] here refers to any of the triple assessment scenarios including Assessment for Learning (AFL), Assessment as Learning (AAL), and Assessment of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Second Language Learning, Listening, Formative Evaluation
Zari Saeedi; Hessameddin Ghanbar; Mahdi Rezaei – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Despite being a popular topic in language testing, cognitive load has not received enough attention in vocabulary test items. The purpose of the current study was to scrutinize the cognitive load and vocabulary test items' differences, examinees' reaction times, and perceived difficulty. To this end, 150 students were selected using…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Items, Difficulty Level, Vocabulary Development