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Alamer, Abdullah; Marsh, Herbert – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study offers methodological synergy in the examination of factorial structure in second language (L2) research. It illustrates the effectiveness and flexibility of the recently developed exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) method, which integrates the advantages of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Models, Second Language Learning
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Botes, Elouise; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Greiff, Samuel – Modern Language Journal, 2021
We used a data set with n = 1,603 learners of foreign languages (FL) to develop and validate the short form of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale (S-FLES). The data was split into 2 groups, and we used the first sample to develop the short-form measure. A 3-factor hierarchical model of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) was uncovered, with FLE as…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity, Goodness of Fit
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Yang, Lan; Mohd, Rashid Bin Saad – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
The purpose of this research is mainly to explore the validity and reliability of PERMA instruments to determine the nature of PERMA for Chinese university EFL students. A total of 309 Chinese university EFL students from 10 universities in Gansu province were investigated. Selected by cluster random sampling, the extracted data from the survey…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Geramipour, Masoud – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
Rasch testlet and bifactor models are two measurement models that could deal with local item dependency (LID) in assessing the dimensionality of reading comprehension testlets. This study aimed to apply the measurement models to real item response data of the Iranian EFL reading comprehension tests and compare the validity of the bifactor models…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Tests
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Tavakoli, Elaheh; Amirian, Mohammad Reza; Burner, Tony; Davoudi, Mohammad; Ghaniabadi, Saeed – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2019
This validation study was undertaken to evaluate the construct of Formative Assessment of Writing (FAoW) operationalized by an instrument with 50 Likert scale items. To identify the EFL learners' experiences of FAoW practices, the instrument was first piloted with three EFL learners, and subsequently administered on a sample of 255 EFL learners…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Schat, Esther; van der Knaap, Ewout; de Graaff, Rick – Intercultural Communication Education, 2021
Intercultural competence is a crucial element of foreign language education, yet the multifaceted nature of this construct makes it inherently difficult to assess. Although several tools for evaluating intercultural competence currently exist, research on their use in secondary school settings is scarce. This study reports on the development and…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Abu Kassim, Noor Lide; Badrasawi, Kamal J. I.; Nordin, Mohd Sahari; Zubairi, Ainol; Ashraf, Ratnawati Mohd – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2018
Purpose: The validity of any performance assessment depends substantially on the rating scale used in the assessment procedure. It delineates the theoretical construct being measured and influences how performances are judged and interpreted. This study examined the factorial validity and invariance of the rating scale used for the assessment of…
Descriptors: Essays, Rating Scales, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)
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Ali, Mustafa Ali Khalaf – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2017
In view of the lack of a short scale for the direct measurement of English language learning anxiety developed in the Egyptian context, this study aims to develop and validate a brief scale. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was employed using (362) EFL learners enrolled in first year at college of education, Minia University. Results of EFA…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Measures (Individuals)
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In'nami, Yo; Koizumi, Rie; Nakamura, Keita – Language Testing in Asia, 2016
Background: This study examined the factor structure of the Test of English for Academic Purposes (TEAP®) test--a recently developed academic English test measuring four skills among Japanese university applicants--and compared the structure to that of the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based test (TOEFL iBT®), to investigate the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes
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Komiyama, Reiko – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2013
Characteristics of English for Academic Purposes students' second language (L2) motivation were examined by identifying underlying motivational factors. Using the motivation constructs created by first language reading researchers, a survey was developed and administered to 2,018 students from 53 English language programs in the U.S. Survey…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation
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Torres, Lucas; Miller, Matthew J.; Moore, Kelly M. – Psychological Assessment, 2013
The cultural equivalence of psychological outcome measures remains a major area of investigation. The current study sought to test the factor structure and factorial invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) with a sample of adult individuals of Mexican descent (N = 923) across nativity status (U.S.- vs. foreign-born), language format…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Mexican Americans, Factor Structure, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Cai, Yuyang – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This study compares two approaches to grammatical knowledge in language assessment: the structural view that regards grammatical knowledge as vocabulary and syntax (Bachman 1990), and the communicative view that perceives it as the binary combination of grammatical form and meaning (Purpura 2004). 1,491 second-year nursing students from eight…
Descriptors: Grammar, Comparative Analysis, Medical Education, Nursing Education
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Farnsworth, Timothy L. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the construct validity of the TOEFL iBT Speaking subsection for the purposes of international teaching assistant (ITA) certification, a purpose for which it was not specifically designed. The factor structure of the new TOEFL was compared with that of another language performance test in use at a major American research…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Llosa, Lorena – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
Assessing and monitoring student progress is becoming increasingly important in classrooms and for accountability purposes. Yet, in order to interpret changes in assessment results from one year to the next as reflecting differences in underlying ability rather than as variations in the measurement, the assessments used should be measuring the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Longitudinal Studies
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Stricker, Lawrence J.; Rock, Donald A.; Lee, Yong-Won – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
This study assessed the factor structure of the LanguEdge™ test and the invariance of its factors across language groups. Confirmatory factor analyses of individual tasks and subsets of items in the four sections of the test, Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing, was carried out for Arabic-, Chinese-, and Spanish-speaking test takers. Two…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Language Tests, Factor Analysis, Semitic Languages