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Ying Wu; Rita Elaine Silver; Guangwei Hu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The Zhuang language test ("Vahcuengh Sawcuengh Suijbingz Gaujsi", VSSG) is the first minority language test in the People's Republic of China. It was designed with multiple goals including improving Zhuang language teaching, recruiting students for relevant majors of tertiary study, identifying proficiency for work-related applications,…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Shin, Dongil; Cho, Eunhae – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This study uses Fairclough's critical discourse analysis (CDA) paradigm to analyse Korean Ministry of Education (MOE) policy documents legitimising the National English Ability Test (NEAT) and consolidating a testing regime wherein educational testing is strongly positioned as a social technology facilitating practical English use. Focusing on…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Seyed Ehsan Mousavian Rad; Ali Roohani; Azizullah Mirzaei – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the significance of boredom and its detrimental effects on the English as a foreign language (EFL) students' academic achievements, this study utilised an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design to initially explore the boredom factors in EFL classes among a sample of 139 university students and then develop and validate the Precursors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Psychological Patterns
De Backer, Fauve; Slembrouck, Stef; Van Avermaet, Piet – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
A challenge in designing tests is ensuring fairness for all test takers. Pupils who are not yet sufficiently proficient in the language of schooling taking a test that was designed for native speakers is unfair, since they will not be able to demonstrate their true abilities (Abedi, J., and C. Lord. 2001. "The Language Factor in Mathematics…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Testing Accommodations, Mathematics Tests, Culture Fair Tests
Nguyen Thi Le; Chia-Wei Tang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
While in recent years, the introduction of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) courses has been increasing in Taiwanese and Vietnamese universities, use of EMI courses is still in an early phase, and their effectiveness remains under-explored in both territories. This study aims to develop an EMI effectiveness scale and apply…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Zhao, Xueyu; Solano-Flores, Guillermo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
We investigated whether consensus-based test translation review procedures can be used effectively in cultural contexts with high social stratification. We staged two test translation review panels in China -- where social stratification may potentially inhibit individuals' ability to express opinion and disagreement. We adapted a consensus-based…
Descriptors: Translation, Test Construction, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries

Marshall, James; Peters, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1989
Describes a developmental project in Maori, designed to investigate the feasibility and reliability of teacher-based assessment of the oral component of a national examination of Maori language in New Zealand. Particular focus is on the development of a culturally appropriate assessment style that respects Maori traditions of knowledge, learning,…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers

Baker, Colin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Explores the problems and procedures of producing test norms for bilingual populations. The difficulty encountered in defining subpopulations for separate test norm production and empirical classification is considered, and four practical solutions are detailed: school classification, person classification, test score classification, and language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Test Construction