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A Scoping Review of Willingness to Communicate in Language Education: Premises to Doubt, Lessons to Learn, and Future Research Questions to Examine
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Robert Kirkpatrick; Hossein Vafadar; Hassan Mohebbi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The assessment encompasses essential concepts and their related measures about the information gathered. The conceptualization within a study becomes imperative to ascertain the corresponding variables and establish appropriate methodologies for their measurement. The willingness to communicate (WTC) concept, an individual's engagement in…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Communication (Thought Transfer), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Scenario-Based Assessment Design: An Implementation and Analysis of Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Performance
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Masumeh Rahimivand; Saeideh Ahangari; Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
Writing comprehensibly, dynamically, and persuasively in a foreign language is a significant challenge for learners. Written communication assesses language and writing progress for various summative and developmental goals. Scenario-based assessment (SBA), as one of the methodologies of classroom-based assessment (CBA), aims to elicit both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
On the Construct and Perceptual Validity Measures of L1-Based vs. L2-Based Elicitation as a Measure of L2 Classroom Performance Assessment
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Mohammadi Darabad, Ali; Abbasian, Gholam-Reza; Mowlaie, Bahram; Rostami Abusaeedi, Ali-Asghar – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
This study aimed at investigating the English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceptions of L1-based and L2-based elicitations in the English classroom employing an explanatory sequential mixed-method design. Ninety-seven Iranian intermediate EFL learners of English have been selected from Islamic Azad University (Science and Research…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Language Proficiency Analysis of Turkish Children from High-Income and Highly Educated Families Aged 5 in Antalya
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Pinar, Yunus; Ünal, Fatma; Pinar, Nihal Kubilay – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
In this study, we examine the mother tongue proficiency of pre-school children from high-income and highly educated families in Antalya, Turkey. The study used the Turkish version of the Hamburger Instrument for the Analysis of the Language Level of 5-year olds (HAVAS 5) linguistic-level diagnostic tool that is originally employed to form the…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Advantaged, Preschool Children, Turkish