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Concerns with Computerized Adaptive Oral Proficiency Assessment. A Commentary on "Comparing Examinee Attitudes Toward Computer-Assisted and Other Oral Proficient Assessments" [and] Response to the Norris Commentary.
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Norris, John M.; Kenyon, Dorry M.; Malabonga, Valerie – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Responds to an article on computerized adaptive second language (L2) testing, expressing concerns about the appropriateness of such tests for informing language educators about the language skills of L2 learners and users and fulfilling the intended purposes and achieving the desired consequences of language test use.The authors of the original…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Testing
Web-based Language Testing.
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Roever, Carsten – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Describes what a Web-based language test (WBT) is, how WBTs differ from traditional computer-based tests, and what uses WBTs have in language testing. After a brief review of computer-based testing, WBTs are defined and categorized as low-tech or high tech. Advantages and design and implementation issues of WBTs are considered before examining the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Testing
Comparability of Conventional and Computerized Tests of Reading in a Second Language.
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Sawaki, Yasuyo – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Addresses issues surrounding the effect of mode of presentation on second language (L2) reading test performance, reviewing the literature in cognitive ability testing in educational and psychological measurement and the non-assessment literature in ergonomics, education, psychology, and first language reading research. Generalization of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Reading Tests
Language Testing and Technology: Past and Future.
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Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Reflects on what has transpired in the second language (L2) testing field in relation to technology and situates developments within the larger language testing, general measurement, and educational contexts. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational History, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
Computers in Language Testing: Present Research and Some Future Directions.
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Brown, James Dean – Language Learning & Technology, 1997
Explores recent developments in the use of computers in language testing in four areas: (1) item banking; (2) computer-assisted language testing; (3) computerized-adaptive language testing; and (4) research on the effectiveness of computers in language testing. Examines educational measurement literature in an attempt to forecast the directions…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Language Research, Language Tests
Comparing Examinee Attitudes Toward Computer-Assisted and Other Oral Proficiency Assessments.
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Kenyon, Dorry M.; Malabonga, Valerie – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Examined attitudes toward taking different formats of oral proficiency assessments across three languages: Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. Students were administered both the tape-mediated Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI) and a new Computerized Oral Proficiency Instrument (COPI). Questionnaire responses showed examinees, particularly…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing