Publication Date
| In 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2024 | 2 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 8 |
Descriptor
Source
| Language Testing | 8 |
Author
| Alderson, J. Charles | 1 |
| Aryadoust, Vahid | 1 |
| Foo, Stacy | 1 |
| Hitoshi Nishizawa | 1 |
| Jin Chen | 1 |
| Lu, Xiaofei | 1 |
| Ng, Li Ying | 1 |
| Ockey, Gary J. | 1 |
| Poehner, Matthew E. | 1 |
| Sawaki, Yasuyo | 1 |
| Sinharay, Sandip | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 8 |
| Reports - Research | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 4 |
| Postsecondary Education | 2 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Test of English as a Foreign… | 4 |
| International English… | 2 |
| Edinburgh Handedness Inventory | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkYing Xu; Xiaodong Li; Jin Chen – Language Testing, 2025
This article provides a detailed review of the Computer-based English Listening Speaking Test (CELST) used in Guangdong, China, as part of the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) to assess students' English proficiency. The CELST measures listening and speaking skills as outlined in the "English Curriculum for Senior Middle…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
Hitoshi Nishizawa – Language Testing, 2024
Corpus-based studies have offered the domain definition inference for test developers. Yet, corpus-based studies on temporal fluency measures (e.g., speech rate) have been limited, especially in the context of academic lecture settings. This made it difficult for test developers to sample representative fluency features to create authentic…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Testing
Aryadoust, Vahid; Foo, Stacy; Ng, Li Ying – Language Testing, 2022
The aim of this study was to investigate how test methods affect listening test takers' performance and cognitive load. Test methods were defined and operationalized as while-listening performance (WLP) and post-listening performance (PLP) formats. To achieve the goal of the study, we examined test takers' (N = 80) brain activity patterns…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Eye Movements, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Sawaki, Yasuyo; Sinharay, Sandip – Language Testing, 2018
The present study examined the reliability of the reading, listening, speaking, and writing section scores for the TOEFL iBT® test and their interrelationship in order to collect empirical evidence to support, respectively, the "generalization" inference and the "explanation" inference in the TOEFL iBT validity argument…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Testing
Poehner, Matthew E.; Zhang, Jie; Lu, Xiaofei – Language Testing, 2015
Dynamic assessment (DA) derives from the sociocultural theory of mind as elaborated by Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky. By offering mediation when individuals experience difficulties and carefully tracing their responsiveness, Vygotsky (1998) proposed that diagnoses may uncover abilities that have fully formed as well as those still in the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Second Language Learning, Reading Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
Yi, Yeon-Sook – Language Testing, 2017
The present study examines the relative importance of attributes within and across items by applying four cognitive diagnostic assessment models. The current study utilizes the function of the models that can indicate inter-attribute relationships that reflect the response behaviors of examinees to analyze scored test-taker responses to four forms…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Language Tests
Alderson, J. Charles – Language Testing, 2009
In this article, the author reviews the TOEFL iBT which is the latest version of the TOEFL, whose history stretches back to 1961. The TOEFL iBT was introduced in the USA, Canada, France, Germany and Italy in late 2005. Currently the TOEFL test is offered in two testing formats: (1) Internet-based testing (iBT); and (2) paper-based testing (PBT).…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Writing Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, Test Reviews
Ockey, Gary J. – Language Testing, 2007
Over the past decade, listening comprehension tests have been converting to computer-based tests that include visual input. However, little research is available to suggest how test takers engage with different types of visuals on such tests. The present study compared a series of still images to video in academic computer-based tests to determine…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Native Speakers
