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Yi Zou; Ying Zheng; Jingwen Wang – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE-A), a widely used high-stakes language proficiency test for university admissions and migration purposes, underwent a notable change from a three-hour to a two-hour version in November 2021. The implementation of the new version has prompted inquiries into the washback effects on various stakeholders.…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Test Preparation, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language)
Nita Kaniadewi – Journal of English Teaching, 2023
This research was conducted to find the urgency of implementing the mandatory TOEFL test policy. This policy requires students who will take the final examination to have a TOEFL certificate with a minimum score of 450. This research used a qualitative research method with 114 students as the sample. Furthermore, triangulation was utilized by…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Scores
Gregory J. Heathco – Communication Teacher, 2025
University classrooms are increasingly populated by students with diverse nationalities and native languages (L1). The growing number of students in English-led classrooms who speak English as a second or lower language (L2) may face added difficulties in understanding the specific task objectives or directions, as explained by native-…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing
Ma, Hui; Chong, Sin Wang – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
High-stakes language tests are used around the world as a gatekeeping tool under the internationalization of higher education. However, the predictable aspect of the high-stakes language tests is seldom discussed, especially from students' perspectives. This study aims to address this gap by aiming to better understand how certain factors and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Omid S. Kalantar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
This study sought to identify the challenges and needs of TOEFL iBT candidates in achieving C1 level scores in the speaking and writing sections of the exam. To this end, the researcher employed a mixed-method approach to collect data from a population of 46 students, both male and female, between the ages of 22 and 30. The participants were…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Scores, Native Language, Grammar
Ko, Myong-Hee – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The present study investigates South Korean university students' personal computer (PC) and smartphone usage patterns on an online Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) website using learning analytics. A total of 107 students taking a "College TOEIC" course participated during one academic semester and records of their…
Descriptors: Computers, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language)
Chong, Sin Wang – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2021
The revived interest in the notion of 'evaluative judgement' in higher education is motivated by commitment of researchers and practitioners to effectively implement learning-oriented assessment and cultivate this high-order cognitive ability to develop students' capacity for self-regulated learning. Recent studies have examined the affordances…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
Alsagoafi, Ahmad – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
Introduction: The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a standardized high-stakes test, which is used for the purpose of measuring the language proficiency of candidates who wish to study or work in an environment where English is the language of communication (IELTS introduction. Retrieved from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Rana, Seemeen; Zubair, Raja – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study was carried out to explore the assessment practice in Saudi universities with the major focus on Continuous Assessment Strategies. The study specifically aimed to find out the different assessment strategies and their contribution to students' learning and performance. It was conducted in Jubail University College and Al Mustaqbal…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Keegan, Kelly – English Teaching Forum, 2019
As a teacher of an intensive class for college-level students that focuses on learning the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) vocabulary, Kelly Keegan wanted to create and play vocabulary-review games that encourage flexibility and spontaneity in authentic contexts. This article describes how she created games that give…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Creativity, Language Usage
Chen, Qinghua; Lin, Angel M. Y. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2022
Translanguaging and trans-semiotizing research has problematized the static view of language and argued that meaning making is a dynamic, material, social, and historical process across multiple timescales in complex eco-social systems. The second author proposed the concept of trans-semiotizing as an alternative lens to study language teaching…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Video Technology
Teng, Mark Feng – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This study measured the effectiveness of three tasks (cloze, editing and writing) on the learning of phrasal verbs for students learning English as a foreign language (EFL). A total of 72 low-to-intermediate EFL learners were recruited. This study employed pre- and post-test designs. The performance of the learners who completed the three tasks…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Metacognition, Grammar, Teaching Methods
Lenkaitis, Chesla Ann; Calo, Stephanie; Venegas Escobar, Salvador – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2019
This study qualitatively investigated students from a Mexican university and a U.S. university and how their intercultural competence (IC), the ability to appropriately and effectively communicate with others from countries and cultures other than one's own, was affected by a five-week telecollaborative exchange. To examine the ways in which…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Senefonte, Fabio Henrique Rosa – Online Submission, 2019
Unquestionably, discussions on the internationalization of higher education have gained currency in the educational context (Knight, 2004; Altbach; Knight, 2007; Delgado-Marquez; Hurtado-Torres; Bondar, 2011), and language policies prove to be a crucial issue in the internationalization arena. In this regard, Paraná's government created the Paraná…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Winke, Paula; Lim, Hyojung – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2017
To examine the effects of listening test preparation, we had three groups, two experimental and one control (63 learners total), partake in three types of instruction sandwiched between two equally difficult listening tests (pretests and posttests). The first experimental group took four practice tests and received "explicit"…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Test Preparation, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups