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Participatory Structure of Planning and Cognitive Task Complexity in L2 Oral Performance: A Processing Perspective
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Farahanynia, Mahsa; Khatib, Mohammad – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This study investigates the impact on L2 oral performance of participatory structure of strategic planning (individual vs. collaborative pair planning) and task complexity (simple vs. complex tasks) defined according to the number of elements involved. It also explores individual and collaborative planners' planning behaviours prior to simple vs.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Processing, Psycholinguistics, Accuracy
What Can Gaze Behaviors, Neuroimaging Data, and Test Scores Tell Us about Test Method Effects and Cognitive Load in Listening Assessments?
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Aryadoust, Vahid; Foo, Stacy; Ng, Li Ying – Language Testing, 2022
The aim of this study was to investigate how test methods affect listening test takers' performance and cognitive load. Test methods were defined and operationalized as while-listening performance (WLP) and post-listening performance (PLP) formats. To achieve the goal of the study, we examined test takers' (N = 80) brain activity patterns…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Eye Movements, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Effectiveness of a Digital Pen-Based Learning System with a Reward Mechanism to Improve Learners' Metacognitive Strategies in Listening
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Tan, Chia-Chen; Chen, Chih-Ming; Lee, Hahn-Ming – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
A number of prominent educators have confirmed that developing learners' metacognitive strategies about listening is an important way of helping them learn how to listen to improve their listening. With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, many listening training systems provide various types of help options in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills
Reconsidering Retrieval Effects on Adult Regularization of Inconsistent Variation in Language
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Hudson Kam, Carla L. – Language Learning and Development, 2019
The phenomenon of regularization -- learners imposing systematicity on inconsistent variation in language input -- is complex. Studies show that children are more likely to regularize than adults, but adults will also regularize under certain circumstances. Exactly why we see the pattern of behaviour that we do is not well understood, however.…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Linguistic Input, Interference (Learning), Language Acquisition
Involving Factors of Fairness in Language Testing.
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Nakamura, Yuji – Journal of Communication Studies, 1997
This study investigated the effects of three aspects of language testing (test task, familiarity with an interviewer, and test method) on both tester and tested. Data were drawn from several previous studies by the researcher. Concerning test task, data were analyzed for the type of topic students wanted most to talk about or preferred not to talk…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Interrater Reliability
Gender Differences in Conveying Embarrassing Information: Examples in Turkish.
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Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1996
This study examined discourse strategies used by males and females to convey embarrassing information to interlocutors of unequal status and unspecified gender. Subjects were 80 native speakers of Turkish (28 males, 52 females), from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and geographic areas. Data were derived from a written discourse completion…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries