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Xiao, Wenqi; Park, Moonyoung – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
With the advancement of automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology, ASR-based pronunciation assessment can diagnose learners' pronunciation problems. Meanwhile, ASR-based pronunciation training allows more opportunities for pronunciation practice. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of ASR technology in diagnosing English…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Software, Handheld Devices, Diagnostic Tests
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Xie, Qin; Lei, Yuqi – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
This research conducted diagnostic assessment of problems in first-year undergraduates' English academic papers and tracked potential sources of the problems to the writing process and strategy use. Data collected include 339 term papers and interviews with 17 students. The samples were manually error tagged and marked against a detailed…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Metacognition
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Unlu, Elena Antonova; Hatipoglu, Ciler – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
The current research investigated the acquisition of the copula "be" in Present Simple Tense (PST) in English by native speakers of Russian. The aim of the study was to determine whether or not Russian students with different levels of English proficiency would encounter any problems while using the copula "be" in PST in English. The study also…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Russian, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
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Komeili, Mariam; Marshall, Chloe R. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2013
Bilingual children are frequently misdiagnosed as having Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Misdiagnosis may be minimized by tests with high degrees of sensitivity and specificity. The current study used a new test, the School-Age Sentence Imitation Test-English 32 (SASIT-E32), to investigate sentence repetition in monolingual and bilingual…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Language Impairments, Bilingualism
Abdellah, Antar Solhy – Online Submission, 2007
Egyptian English majors in the faculty of Education, South Valley University tend to mistranslate the plural inanimate Arabic pronoun with the singular inanimate English pronoun. A diagnostic test was designed to analyze this error. Results showed that a large number of students (first year and fourth year students) make this error, that the error…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Form Classes (Languages), Semitic Languages, English (Second Language)