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Direct linkGeorges Chedid; Michele Stephan – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The Boston Naming Test is a well-known neuropsychological test widely used to evaluate linguistic abilities, encompassing object naming and word retrieval in subjects representing various clinical pathologies. Our study has two main stages: (1) a pilot study aimed at adapting the BNT to the linguistic and cultural particularities of Lebanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Language Skills, Naming
Nawas, Abu; Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah; Maadad, Nina – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
The greater emphasis on the significance and difference in English performance between the school types has mainly been investigated across Asian countries. However, not much is known about what language skills differentiate their overall language achievement. Using a quantitative study with comparative analysis, this study measured the reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Akhavan Masoumi, Ghazal; Sadeghi, Karim – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
This study aimed to examine the effect of test format on test performance by comparing Multiple Choice (MC) and Constructed Response (CR) vocabulary tests in an EFL setting. Also, this paper investigated the function of gender in MC and CR vocabulary measures. To this end, five 20-item stem-equivalent vocabulary tests (CR, and 3-, 4-, 5-, and…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Items, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hung, Shao-Ting Alan; Huang, Heng-Tsung Danny – Language Testing in Asia, 2019
Washback refers to the influence of tests on learning and teaching. To date, a number of studies have revealed that tests affect teaching content, course design, and classroom practices. However, in Asian higher education contexts, little research has examined the washback of proficiency tests on English learning in comparison with the efforts on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests
Fan, Jinsong – Language Testing in Asia, 2014
This study investigated Chinese test takers' attitudes towards the Versant English Test (VET), an automated spoken English test developed by Pearson Knowledge Technologies. Based on previous attitudinal studies, 'attitude' in this study was conceptualized as a hypothetical psychological construct which consisted of three components: beliefs,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Haggerty, John F.; Fox, Janna – Language Testing in Asia, 2015
Drawing on second language (L2) motivation constructs modelled on Dörnyei's (2009) L2 Motivational Self System, this study explores the relationship between language testing experience and the motivation to learn English among young adolescents (aged 12-15) in South Korea. A 40-item questionnaire was administered to middle-school students (N =…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
