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Test Candidates' Attitudes and Their Relationship to Demographic and Experiential Variables: The Case of Overseas Trained Teachers in NSW, Australia
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Murray, Jill C.; Riazi, A. Mehdi; Cross, Judith L. – Language Testing, 2012
One measure of the impact of a high-stakes test is the attitudes that test takers hold towards it. It has been suggested that positive attitudes produce beneficial effects while real or anticipated negative experiences can result in the development of attitudes that erode confidence and potentially impact negatively on performance. This study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Testing
Impact and Consequences of School-Based Assessment (SBA): Students' and Parents' Views of SBA in Hong Kong
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Cheng, Liying; Andrews, Stephen; Yu, Ying – Language Testing, 2011
School-based assessment (SBA) has recently been introduced into the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examinations (HKCEE) in English. The present study was conducted within the context of this assessment change to investigate students' and parents' perceptions of the impact of SBA. Two surveys were employed to explore students' and parents'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Activities, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries
Language Testing Courses: What Are They in 2007?
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Brown, James Dean; Bailey, Kathleen M. – Language Testing, 2008
In 1996, we published an article that investigated the characteristics of basic language testing courses in terms of the instructors, course characteristics, and students. The present study is designed to describe the same characteristics of basic language testing courses in 2007 and to examine how such courses have changed since 1996. To those…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Testing, Language Tests
EFL Classroom Peer Assessment: Training Effects on Rating and Commenting
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Saito, Hidetoshi – Language Testing, 2008
This study examined the effects of training on peer assessment and comments provided regarding oral presentations in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms. In Study 1, both the treatment and control groups received instruction on skill aspects, but only the treatment group was given an additional 40-minute training on how to rate…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Peer Evaluation, English (Second Language)
Peer Assessment of Language Proficiency
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Winnie, Cheng; Martin, Warren – Language Testing, 2005
This article describes part of an investigation into the reliability and potential benefits of incorporating peer assessment into English language programmes. Undergraduate Engineering students attending a university in Hong Kong were asked to assess the English language proficiency of their peers - among other assessment criteria, such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Student Attitudes, Criteria
Validation of a Tape-Mediated ACTFL/ILR-Scale Based Test of Chinese Speaking Proficiency.
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Clark, John L. D. – Language Testing, 1988
A validation study of the "semi-direct" Chinese Speaking Test (CST) directly compared college students' performance on the test with their performance on the "live" language proficiency interview. CST provided scoring results largely equivalent to those of the live interview, although examinees perceived CST to be more…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education