NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Test of English as a Foreign…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 14 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ting Ma; Lawrence Jun Zhang; Judy M. Parr – Language Awareness, 2025
Studies have shown that raising L2 learners' metaphor awareness contributes to the acquisition of figurative language, which fosters students' development of language skills. However, the instruments measuring metaphor awareness, in the majority of relevant research, did not seem to have undergone proper methodological procedures for checking…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
This study explores the similarities and differences between English and Arabic numeral-based formulaic expressions, and difficulties that student-translators have with them. A corpus of English and Arabic numeral-based formulaic expressions containing zero, two, three, twenty, sixty, hundred, thousand…etc., and another corpus of specialized…
Descriptors: Translation, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shang, Xiaoqi; Xie, Guixia – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
Sight translation has been widely used in aptitude testing to screen prospective trainee interpreters at leading interpreter training schools, including ESIT, ISIT, and EMCI. However, it has also been criticised for its lack of validity and reliability. No empirical study has thus far been conducted to explore its power to predict interpreting…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; Makiabadi, Hossein; Navokhi, Samaneh Abdi – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
By shifting the focus of studies in applied linguistics from negative psychology to positive psychology, psychological capital (PsyCap) consisting of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience can be an influential factor in the language classrooms. Prior studies have emphasized the role that PsyCap plays in management, though little attention…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Psychological Patterns, Resilience (Psychology), Student Motivation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Haberman, Shelby J.; Liu, Yang; Lee, Yi-Hsuan – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
Distractor analyses are routinely conducted in educational assessments with multiple-choice items. In this research report, we focus on three item response models for distractors: (a) the traditional nominal response (NR) model, (b) a combination of a two-parameter logistic model for item scores and a NR model for selections of incorrect…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Scores, Test Reliability, High Stakes Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Galaczi, Evelina; Taylor, Lynda – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
This article on interactional competence provides an overview of the historical influences that have shaped theoretical conceptualisations of this construct as it relates to spoken language use, leading to the current view of it as involving both cognitive and social dimensions, and then describes its operationalisation in tests and assessment…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ahrari, Ramin; Jamali, Ramineh – Cogent Education, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of using collaborative translation tasks (CTTs) for teaching figurative language. The study also sought to explore the perceptions of the learners toward the efficacy of CTTs for learning figurative language through conducting interviews. The participants of the study included 60 English as a…
Descriptors: Translation, Cooperative Learning, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Nushi, Musa – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Han's (2009, 2013) selective fossilization hypothesis (SFH) claims that L1 markedness and L2 input robustness determine the fossilizability (and learnability) of an L2 feature. To test the validity of the model, a pseudo-longitudinal study was designed in which the errors in the argumentative essays of 52 Iranian EFL learners were identified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nunan, Anna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
The Applied Language Centre at University College Dublin offers foreign language modules to students in ten languages at CEFR [Common European Framework of Reference for Languages] levels ranging from A1 to B2. Efforts have been underway in the Centre to standardise the assessment components across languages to ensure parity between module credits…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students, Standards
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Stricker, Lawrence J.; Rock, Donald A. – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This study assessed the invariance in the factor structure of the "Test of English as a Foreign Language"™ Internet-based test (TOEFL® iBT) across subgroups of test takers who differed in native language and exposure to the English language. The subgroups were defined by (a) Indo-European and Non-Indo-European language family, (b)…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Fischer, Robert A. – Modern Language Journal, 1984
Describes a rating scale designed to provide a valid and practical evaluation instrument for testing communicative competence in French. Evidence from the application of this scale to actual test data and an analysis of its validation by means of native speaker judgments show that this method of evaluating student performance is effective. (SL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Interpersonal Communication, Language Tests
Shohamy, Elana – 1981
While the goal of language teaching has been the development of practical communication, most language tests have stressed mastery of discrete linguistic skills. Oral language performance-based testing requires test-takers to use and perform in the language in actual communicative situations. The variations in communication created by the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Correlation, Hebrew, Language Proficiency
Oller, John W., Jr. – 1977
This paper questions the purpose of testing in second language instruction. Comments are based on an examination of tests used by the Defense Language Institute for students of English as a second language. Two kinds of tests are used: the English Comprehension Level (ECL), used primarily as a basis for setting exit requirements, and "Book…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Formative Evaluation, Item Analysis
Rodriguez-Brown, Flora; Elias-Olivares, Lucia – 1981
This paper focuses on the current developments in regard to the assessment of language proficiency in children who are from non-English speaking backgrounds. Instruments currently used to assess language proficiency for placement in English programs usually fail validity and reliability tests. These tests usually measure formal aspects of language…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bilingual Students, Children, Classroom Techniques