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Ji-young Shin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The present dissertation investigated the impact of scales/scoring methods and prompt linguistic features on the measurement quality of L2 English elicited imitation (EI). Scales/scoring methods are an important feature for the validity and reliability of L2 EI test, but less is known (Yan et al., 2016). Prompt linguistic features are also known…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Semantics
Arizmendi, Genesis D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Clinicians, educators, and researchers alike continue to struggle without adequate and functional tools to measure language proficiency in bilingual populations. Language proficiency refers to the ability of an individual to use a language. However, the ways in which proficiency is classified are inconsistent and potentially invalid. Proficiency…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking, Grade 1
Chavez, Gina – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Few classroom measures of English language proficiency have been evaluated for reliability and validity. This research examined the concurrent and predictive validity of an oral language test, titled A Developmental English Language Proficiency Test (ADEPT), and the relationship to the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) in the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Serafini, Ellen Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the second language (L2) development of adult learners of Spanish at three levels of proficiency during and after a semester of instruction. A fundamental goal was to identify cognitive and psychosocial individual differences (IDs) that can explain between-learner variation over time in order to expand our understanding of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Aptitude, Language Processing
Salma A. Daiban – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The CEPA-English test is used for achievement, selection, and placement purposes. Since this test has heavily influences student's academic futures, it is imperative to ensure that the test functions as intended and provides meaningful results. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the technical quality of the CEPA-English test in…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Language Tests, English, Language Proficiency
Lim, Gad S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Performance assessments have become the norm for evaluating language learners' writing abilities in international examinations of English proficiency. Two aspects of these assessments are usually systematically varied: test takers respond to different prompts, and their responses are read by different raters. This raises the possibility of undue…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Language Tests, Performance Tests, Test Validity
Itomitsu, Masayuki – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation reports development and validation studies of a Web-based standardized test of Japanese as a foreign language (JFL), designed to measure learners' off-line grammatical and pragmatic knowledge in multiple-choice format. Targeting Japanese majors in the U.S. universities and colleges, the test is designed to explore possible…
Descriptors: Sentences, Speech Acts, Grammar, Second Language Learning
Mircea-Pines, Walter J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation study examined the reliability and validity claims of a modified version of the Spanish Modern Language Association Foreign Language Proficiency Test for Teachers and Advanced Students administered at George Mason University (GMU). The study used the 1999 computerized GMU version that was administered to 277 test-takers via…
Descriptors: College Students, Advanced Students, Second Language Learning, Test Validity