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Download full textPanachanok Chanwaiwit; Lalida Wiboonwachara – rEFLections, 2025
Chiang Mai Rajabhat University Test of English Proficiency (CMRU-TEP) is a required English proficiency test for all CMRU students before graduation. Despite its meticulous design, there is an opportunity for students to improve their scores through focused efforts and targeted support. This study employs an explanatory sequential mixed-methods…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Direct linkTino Endres; Lisa Bender; Stoo Sepp; Shirong Zhang; Louise David; Melanie Trypke; Dwayne Lieck; Juliette C. Désiron; Johanna Bohm; Sophia Weissgerber; Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso; Fred Paas – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
Assessing cognitive demand is crucial for research on self-regulated learning; however, discrepancies in translating essential concepts across languages can hinder the comparison of research findings. Different languages often emphasize various components and interpret certain constructs differently. This paper aims to develop a translingual set…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Metacognition, Translation
Haokun Liu – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Globally, countries or regions across from east to west like Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States have incorporated language item questions in their censuses. The assessment of such design advantages and disadvantages is crucial for academic investigation. Despite ongoing discussions, there is a noticeable…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Demography, Surveys, Questionnaires
Emily Di Zhang; Shulin Yu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
In this digital age, digital multimodal composing (DMC) has permeated the L2 classroom as a technology-enhanced L2 writing task. Despite the learning potential of DMC for L2 students, instruments that measure L2 students' DMC competence are rare. As such, the present study sought to develop and validate an L2 student DMC competence scale in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Fernandes, Anthony – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
This article outlines the development and validation of the "Mathematics Education of English Learners Scale" (MEELS) to understand mathematics preservice teachers' beliefs about teaching mathematics to English learners (ELs). Nine hundred and twenty-five PSTs from 17 states across the U.S. were divided randomly into two samples for the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers, English Language Learners
Papageorgiou, Spiros; Davis, Larry; Norris, John M.; Garcia Gomez, Pablo; Manna, Venessa F.; Monfils, Lora – Educational Testing Service, 2021
The "TOEFL® Essentials"™ test is a new English language proficiency test in the "TOEFL"® family of assessments. It measures foundational language skills and communication abilities in academic and general (daily life) contexts. The test covers the four language skills of reading, listening, writing, and speaking and is intended…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Paplikar, Avanthi; Varghese, Feba; Alladi, Suvarna; Vandana, V. P.; Darshini, K. J.; Iyer, Gowri K.; Kandukuri, Rajmohan; Divyaraj, Gollahalli; Sharma, Meenakshi; Dhaliwal, R. S.; Kaul, Subhash; Saroja, Aralikatte Onkarappa; Ghosh, Amitabha; Sunitha, J.; Khan, Arfa Banu; Mathew, Robert; Mekala, Shailaja; Menon, Ramshekhar; Nandi, Ranita; Narayanan, Jwala; Nehra, Ashima; Padma, M. V.; Pauranik, Apoorva; Ramakrishnan, Subasree; Sarath, Lekha; Shah, Urvashi; Tripathi, Manjari; Sylaja, P. N.; Varma, Ravi Prasad; Verma, Mansi; Vishwanath, Yeshaswini – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Picture-naming tests (PNTs) evaluate linguistic impairment in dementia due to semantic memory impairment, impaired lexical retrieval or perceptual deficits. They also assess the decline in naming impairment at various stages of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that occurs due to progressive cognitive impairment. With the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Naming, Pictorial Stimuli, Language Impairments
Garci´a Laborda, Jesus; Ferna´ndez A´lvarez, Miguel – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
This paper compares and analyzes a selection of popular multilevel tests used for quick accreditation of English as a foreign language worldwide. The paper begins by stating the current need of accreditation of English language competence for both academic and professional matters. It then looks at their defining features and differences. After,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Jenna A. Altherr Flores – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This study is a critical analysis of a low-stakes in-house English as a Second Language (ESL) and English literacy test from a local program in a large city in the southwestern United States. From a critical multimodal social semiotic perspective (Kress G. Multimodality: A social semiotic approach to contemporary communication. Routledge, 2010;…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Shin, Dongil; Cho, Eunhae – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This study uses Fairclough's critical discourse analysis (CDA) paradigm to analyse Korean Ministry of Education (MOE) policy documents legitimising the National English Ability Test (NEAT) and consolidating a testing regime wherein educational testing is strongly positioned as a social technology facilitating practical English use. Focusing on…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Wigdorowitz, Mandy; Pérez, Ana I.; Tsimpli, Ianthi M. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
The sociolinguistic context of language use contributes to individuals' linguistic knowledge. However, how it does so has yet to be fully conceptualised or quantitatively investigated within the language sciences. To meet this goal, a psychometrically sound evidence-based measure that captures important aspects of contextually influenced…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Language Usage, Diversity
Joyce, Hannah; Aguado-Orea, Javier – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2022
The Assessment of Language in Adults using Self-reported Skills (ALASS) is an online tool aimed at providing a rapid indication of language-related skills at two levels: basic performance and social use. In Study 1, we have developed and validated a new tool with two objective measures: a lexical decision test and a grammaticality judgement test,…
Descriptors: Adults, Language Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Predictor Variables
Ayar, Zülal – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2021
As the most prestigious and popular standardized achievement test to certify examinees' proficiency of the English language at the national level, Foreign Language Examination (YDS) has been mostly taken by academic staff, undergraduate and graduate students, state employees, and military personnel for years in Turkey. The current study set out to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Yang, Xuexue – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2020
Despite the importance of assessment accommodations, little is known about its use in the context of classroom assessments. To provide guidance for teachers on how to best support their emergent bilinguals during classroom assessments, there may be ideas from large-scale assessments that can be used in the classrooms. This article, a targeted…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Measurement, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
Hammer, Carol Scheffner; Cycyk, Lauren M.; Scarpino, Shelley E.; Jury, Karen A.; Sawyer, Brook E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
As the number of dual language learners (DLLs) increases globally, it is critical that well-developed questionnaires are available to researchers and educators that capture the characteristics and language experiences of preschool DLLs and their families. To fill this need, the Center for Early Care and Education Research-Dual Language Learners…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic American Students, Bilingualism
