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Shazia Hasnain; Santoshi Halder – Journal of Education, 2024
Complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) as measures of language proficiency have been used extensively in assessing second language production in English language studies related to task-based language teaching. The present review adds the following critical elements to the existing body of literature: (i) Provides synthesis and critical analysis…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Alfelia Nugky Permatasari; Firmansyah Firmansyah; Heri Retnawati – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Becoming one of six official United Nations languages, English proficiency has become a prominent requirement for students and professionals entering international education and/ or careers, as assessed through standardized English proficiency tests. English learners conducted varied procedures to pursue the minimum test score criteria, including…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
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Kristopher Kyle – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2022
This paper represents a summary and discussion of the three studies presented at the morning session of the Fall 2022 JALT Vocabulary SIG. The papers, which were written by Ali Al-Hoorie, Masaki Eguchi, Derek Canning, Stuart McLean, Christopher Nicklin, and Joseph Vitta, represent a range of topics and study designs that are common in recent…
Descriptors: Language Research, Educational Trends, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests
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Stefania Spina; Irene Fioravanti; Luciana Forti; Fabio Zanda – Second Language Research, 2024
This article introduces the CELI corpus, a new learner corpus of written Italian consisting of ca. 600,000 tokens, evenly distributed among CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) proficiency levels B1, B2, C1 and C2. The collected texts derive from the language certification exams administered by the University for Foreigners…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Best Practices
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Isbell, Daniel R.; Son, Young-A – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
Elicited Imitation Tests (EITs) are commonly used in second language acquisition (SLA)/bilingualism research contexts to assess the general oral proficiency of study participants. While previous studies have provided valuable EIT construct-related validity evidence, some key gaps remain. This study uses an integrative data analysis to further…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Imitation, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Ihlenfeldt, Samuel Dale; Rios, Joseph A. – Language Testing, 2023
For institutions where English is the primary language of instruction, English assessments for admissions such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and International English Language Testing System (IELTS) give admissions decision-makers a sense of a student's skills in academic English. Despite this explicit purpose, these exams…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Test Validity, College Admission, Second Language Learning
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Thippayacharoen, Thanakrit; Hoofd, Chonlatee; Pala, Napat; Sameephet, Banchakarn; Satthamnuwong, Bhirawit – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
Research on English Medium Instruction (EMI) is rapidly increasing and well-documented worldwide; however, recent studies in EMI have given less emphasis on assessments in EMI classrooms. Indeed, assessment plays a significant role in informing teaching and learning competencies, but what to assess and how to assess are questions which have been…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Simon Paxton; Tae Yamazaki; Hannah Kunert – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The entrance exams to Japanese universities have long been criticised for creating negative "washback" on English education in high schools in Japan, as teachers have often focused their teaching efforts on teaching grammar to prepare students for these exams rather than helping students to develop competency in spoken English. Many…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2020
Language testing has witnessed three major trends in the 1990s: theoretical, methodological, and analytical. Theoretically, emphasis has been placed on the further understanding of the construct of language proficiency. Methodologically, there has been an outburst of interest in language performance testing and the promotion of the professional…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Use, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory
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Thirakunkovit, Suthathip – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2018
This study is a literature review on the findings of different studies on the dimensionality of language proficiency. It aims to particularly analyze the assumptions and the statistical findings of relevant research since it has always been an endless debate among linguists and language teachers about whether language proficiency is organized as a…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Abhinan Wongkittiporn – Journal of English Teaching, 2024
This study examines the correlation between the theory of pragmatic discourse of givenness and CP adverbial clauses from the two datasets: Q1 SCOPUS applied linguistics research articles and Thai undergraduate students' writing. The first set was 24 applied linguistics research articles from journals of "English for Specific Purposes"…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Correlation
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James Dean Brown; Ali Panahi; Hassan Mohebbi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Panahi and Mohebbi review James Dean Brown's 50-years of research in language testing, curriculum development and research statistics with reference to an impressionistic framework for analysis containing two components with their subcomponents: Annotations (i.e., briefing and implications) and main concepts and themes (i.e., testing and teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Curriculum Development
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Bahari, Akbar – Open Learning, 2021
This study reports on a review of 286 peer-reviewed articles from 2002-2018 to identify the mainstream assessment tools and strategies adopted for language proficiency assessment in computer-assisted language learning studies. Given the diversity of tools and strategies being adopted for assessment purposes, it was highly critical to trace the…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Faez, Farahnaz; Karas, Michael; Uchihara, Takumi – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Most English language teachers around the world speak English as an additional language, and their level of English proficiency is often a matter of concern for them and their employers who associate higher levels of language proficiency with more effective teaching skills. To this end, several studies have examined the relationship between…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Yanagisawa, Akifumi; Webb, Stuart; Uchihara, Takumi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
This meta-analysis investigated the overall effects of glossing on L2 vocabulary learning from reading and the influence of potential moderator variables: gloss format (type, language, mode) and text and learner characteristics. A total of 359 effect sizes from 42 studies (N = 3802) meeting the inclusion criteria were meta-analyzed. The results…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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