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Direct linkBouwer, Renske; Béguin, Anton; Sanders, Ted; van den Bergh, Huub – Language Testing, 2015
In the present study, aspects of the measurement of writing are disentangled in order to investigate the validity of inferences made on the basis of writing performance and to describe implications for the assessment of writing. To include genre as a facet in the measurement, we obtained writing scores of 12 texts in four different genres for each…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Generalization, Scores, Writing Instruction
Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Language Testing, 2014
This study investigates the relationship in L2 writing between raters' judgments of communicative adequacy and linguistic complexity by means of six-point Likert scales, and general measures of linguistic performance. The participants were 39 learners of Italian and 32 of Dutch, who wrote two short argumentative essays. The same writing tasks…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Evaluators, Native Language
Wagner, Elvis – Language Testing, 2010
Video is widely used in the teaching of L2 listening, and SLA researchers have argued that the visual components of spoken texts are useful for the listener in comprehending aural information. Yet video texts are rarely used on tests of L2 listening ability, perhaps in part due to the belief that including the visual channel involves assessing…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Quasiexperimental Design
Fairclough, Marta – Language Testing, 2011
This investigation intends to assess the effectiveness of a lexical recognition test (Meara & Buxton, 1987) as a placement tool that distinguishes among levels of two groups of students: Spanish heritage language learners (HLL) and second language learners (SLL). Three hundred and thirty university students from four different levels completed a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cloze Procedure, Graduate Students, Testing
Saito, Hidetoshi – Language Testing, 2008
This study examined the effects of training on peer assessment and comments provided regarding oral presentations in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms. In Study 1, both the treatment and control groups received instruction on skill aspects, but only the treatment group was given an additional 40-minute training on how to rate…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Peer Evaluation, English (Second Language)
