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Cultivating EFL Learners' Productive Skills by Employing Dynamic and Non-Dynamic Assessments: Attitude in Focus
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Riswanto; Teferi, Habesha; Ahmed Abdel-Al Ibrahim, Khaled – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
In this study, the potential impacts of dynamic assessment (DA) and non-dynamic assessment (non-DA) on Ethiopian EFL students' productive skills were investigated. Additionally, this study examined Ethiopian EFL students' attitudes regarding using DA in their speaking and writing classes. Fifty-three Ethiopian intermediate EFL learners were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
On the Construct and Perceptual Validity Measures of L1-Based vs. L2-Based Elicitation as a Measure of L2 Classroom Performance Assessment
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Mohammadi Darabad, Ali; Abbasian, Gholam-Reza; Mowlaie, Bahram; Rostami Abusaeedi, Ali-Asghar – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
This study aimed at investigating the English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceptions of L1-based and L2-based elicitations in the English classroom employing an explanatory sequential mixed-method design. Ninety-seven Iranian intermediate EFL learners of English have been selected from Islamic Azad University (Science and Research…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Assessment (ICALA) in Philosophy-Based Language Instruction: Unraveling the Effects on Critical Thinking, Self-Evaluation, Academic Resilience, and Speaking Development
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Khaled Ahmed Abdel-Al Ibrahim; Mohamed Ali Mohamed Kassem; Desta Lami – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
Few empirical research has attempted to determine the impact of Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Assessment (ICALA) in philosophy-based language instruction (PBLI) on critical thinking, self-evaluation, and academic resilience, despite the significant role that higher-order thinking skills play in influencing English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Peer Assessment in Group-Oriented Classroom Contexts: On the Effectiveness of Peer Assessment Coupled with Scaffolding and Group Work on Speaking Skills and Vocabulary Learning
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Homayouni, Mina – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Peer learning, also known as collaborative learning, is based on social constructivism and contends that learning takes place more actively when students interact socially with their peers. This study sought to examine the effects of scaffolded peer assessment in group-oriented classrooms on developing speaking skills and enlarging the vocabulary…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Comparative Analysis
Evaluating CEFR Rater Performance through the Analysis of Spoken Learner Corpora
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Huang, Lan-fen; Kubelec, Simon; Keng, Nicole; Hsu, Lung-hsun – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
Background: Although teachers of English are required to assess students' speaking proficiency in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), their ability to rate is seldom evaluated. The application of descriptors in the assessment of English speaking on CEFR in the context of English as a foreign language has not often been…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)