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Chinda, Bordin – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
This research aims at examining the reactions of tertiary EFL teachers towards the use of performance-based language assessment. The study employed a mixed-method research methodology. For the quantitative method, 36 teachers responded to a questionnaire survey. In addition, four teachers participated in the in-depth interviews which were…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Rating Scales, Student Evaluation, English (Second Language)
Ableeva, Rumia; Lantolf, Jim – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2011
This paper presents and discusses quantitative recall data from a longitudinal study that investigated the effects of Dynamic Assessment (DA) on diagnosing and promoting listening comprehension in French as a second language. We first define the theoretical concept of DA based on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, which integrates mediation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, Longitudinal Studies, Listening Comprehension
Doherty, Catherine; Kettle, Margaret; May, Lyn; Caukill, Emma – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2011
With more constructivist approaches to learning in higher education and more value on teamwork skills, students' oracy (speaking and listening) features more prominently in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. The paper reports on a study of two first-year Australian university courses in disciplines with explicit industry orientations and high…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation, Student Participation, Teamwork
Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – 1993
This paper outlines the development of a performance assessment measure of language speaking ability, the Language Ability Assessment System (LAAS), which is highly reliable and can be examined for reliability through modern measurement theories, such as generalizability theory (G-theory) and the many-facet Rasch theory. LAAS was developed to…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability, Language Proficiency
Kenyon, Dorry Mann; Stansfield, Charles W. – 1991
One aspect of the development of a performance assessment is addressed--the field testing of the tasks. In a performance-based assessment, the tasks must allow each examinee a fair and equal opportunity to give the best possible demonstration of his or her ability, and must elicit a performance sample that enables scorers to evaluate each examinee…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, College Students, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline – 1993
This study investigated whether different groups of native speakers assess second language learners' language skills differently for three elicitation techniques. Subjects were six learners of college-level Arabic as a second language, tape-recorded performing three tasks: participating in a modified oral proficiency interview, narrating a picture…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers