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Self-Assessment Accuracy: Correlations between Japanese English Learners' Self-Assessment on the CEFR--Japan's Can Do Statements and Scores on the TOEIC®
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Runnels, Judith – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2016
Since its release in 1979 the TOEIC® (Test of English for International Communication) has been consistently and widely used by educational institutions and companies of Japan despite criticisms that it provides little useable information about language ability. In order to both reduce the extreme focus on and also aid with the practical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Curriculum, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Designing Tailor-Made Academic Paths for University Language Students
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Beseghi, Micol; Bertolotti, Greta – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The Language Centre of the University of Parma is responsible for the organization and administration of foreign language tests to a large number of university students. In order to reduce the high rate of test failures, the Language Centre has recently devised a pilot programme as an alternative to more established modes of language learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, College Students, Second Language Learning
A Research on a Student-Centred Teaching Model in an ICT-Based English Audio-Video Speaking Class
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Lu, Zhihong; Hou, Leijuan; Huang, Xiaohui – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
The development and application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the field of Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) have had a considerable impact on the teaching methodologies in China. With an increasing emphasis on strengthening students' learning initiative and adopting a "student-centred" teaching concept in FLT,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning