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Yang Yang – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2024
This paper explores the reliability of using ChatGPT in evaluating EFL writing by assessing its intra- and inter-rater reliability. Eighty-two compositions were randomly sampled from the Written English Corpus of Chinese Learners. These compositions were rated by three experienced raters with regard to 'language', 'content', and 'organization'.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition), Evaluation Methods
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Chan, Sathena; May, Lyn – Language Testing, 2023
Despite the increased use of integrated tasks in high-stakes academic writing assessment, research on rating criteria which reflect the unique construct of integrated summary writing skills is comparatively rare. Using a mixed-method approach of expert judgement, text analysis, and statistical analysis, this study examines writing features that…
Descriptors: Scoring, Writing Evaluation, Reading Tests, Listening Skills
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Solhi, Mehdi; Eginli, Ilknur – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
While there is general agreement among learners, teachers, and scholars that constructive feedback on writing is necessary to revision, there are fewer consensuses on how feedback should be given, when, by whom, and what sort of feedback is most effective (Weigle, 2014). Providing feedback on writing is generally categorized into three types:…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response), Oral Language
Myeongeun Son – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Analysis of second language (L2) learners' language development can allow valid and reliable assessment of the learners' L2 linguistic knowledge, which can enable the teachers and researchers to choose appropriate teaching or experimental materials (Bardovi-Harlig & Bofman, 1989; Wolfe-Quintero et al., 1997). However, most language development…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Written Language
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Szarkowska, Agnieszka; Krejtz, Krzysztof; Dutka, Lukasz; Pilipczuk, Olga – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2018
In this study, we examined whether interpreters and interpreting trainees are better predisposed to respeaking than people with no interpreting skills. We tested 57 participants (22 interpreters, 23 translators and 12 controls) while respeaking 5-minute videos with two parameters: speech rate (fast/slow) and number of speakers (one/many). Having…
Descriptors: Translation, Comparative Analysis, Professional Personnel, Video Technology
Christine M. Leider; C. Patrick Proctor; Rebecca D. Silverman – Grantee Submission, 2014
The goal of this study was to examine written translation as a means to: a) build on the theoretical notion that a bilingual individual's languages are shared; b) operationalize biliterate ability; and c) propose a new method of assessment for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Drawing from the fields of cognitive psychology and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Translation, Written Language, Spanish
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Tosky King, Elena; Scott, Lakia M. – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2014
Purpose: This paper aims to progress the dialogue on language rights in the urban classroom. Research has evidenced how language can serve as a powerful tool in mainstream ideologies; more specifically, the preferred and dominant use of Standard Written English in the American classroom has demonstrated how language serves as a gatekeeper for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Attitudes, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Variation
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Thouësny, Sylvie; Bradley, Linda – Research-publishing.net, 2011
Although technology has become embedded in our everyday life, researchers and practitioners constantly strive to find ways of incorporating technology in education, with language learning being one of those fields (Garrett, 2009). Numerous publications on this subject are available, mostly on condition that one is affiliated with a university, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Schmidt, Renita; Whitmore, Kathryn F. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2010
This article presents a detailed case study analysis of oral and written language expressed by Jacqueline Meyer, a teacher of elementary English Language Learners (ELL),as she struggled to navigate the current political terrain with her students. Ms. Meyer's district adopted commercial materials and increased the amount and substance of testing…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Written Language, Second Language Learning, Rhetorical Criticism
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Chur-Hansen, Anna; Elliott, Taryn Elizabeth; Klein, Nigel Charles; Howell, Cate Adele – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2007
Introduction: English-language proficiency of medical practitioners is an issue attracting increasing attention in medical education. To best provide language education support, it is essential that learning needs are assessed and that useful feedback and advice are provided. We report the outcomes of a language assessment that was embedded within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Language Skills, Medical Education
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Toohey, Kelleen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This article explores definitions of reading comprehension, research on how reading comprehension is assessed, and issues in assessing the reading comprehension of English language learners (ELLs). By way of illustration, I present aspects of the literacy practices of an intermediate-grade ELL in a suburban school of the Lower Mainland of British…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Written Language, Second Language Learning
Scarcella , Robin – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2003
Learning academic English is probably one of the surest, most reliable ways of attaining socioeconomic success in the United States today. Learners cannot function in school settings effectively without it. This variety of English entails the multiple, complex features of English required for success in public schooling and career advancement. It…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Written Language, English (Second Language), Academic Discourse
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Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1997
A study investigated alternative methods of assessing student language skills in Arlington County (Virginia) public schools' Spanish/English two-way bilingual partial immersion program, with the objective of improving information for developing more effective teaching. A team of teachers from each participating school worked with researchers to…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Verma, Mahendra K., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Papers by teachers and teacher trainers address issues in bilingualism and related teaching techniques in the elementary school classroom in England. They are derived from an inservice teacher training project. Essays include: "Investigating Children's Discourse in the Primary Classroom: The Linguistic Demands of Classroom Tasks"…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Child Language, Children, Class Activities
Linnarud, Moira – 1975
The compositions or essay tests of second language learners are difficult to mark and evaluate. It has been suggested that the only way to achieve objectivity is to abolish all criteria except formal correctness, as it is the only one that can be measured and statistically evaluated. Attempts have been made to establish other criteria. A varied…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Content Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)