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Direct linkBerendes, Karin; Wagner, Wolfgang; Meurers, Detmar; Trautwein, Ulrich – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
Silent reading is the primary mode of reading for proficient readers, and therefore, silent reading fluency is often assessed in research and practice. However, little is known about the validity of the tests administered to students with different language backgrounds. Given that academic language is assumed to be especially challenging for…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Reading Fluency, Language Usage, German
Ha, Hung Tan – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
The article presents an empirical study that investigates the single- and cross-modality relationships between different dimensions of receptive vocabulary knowledge and language skills, as well as the importance of academic vocabulary knowledge in academic listening and reading comprehension. An Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (UVLT), a Vietnamese…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Word Lists
Zhu, Xuelian; Aryadoust, Vahid – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
A fundamental requirement of language assessments which is underresearched in computerized assessments is impartiality (fairness) or equal treatment of test takers regardless of background. The present study aimed to evaluate fairness in the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic Reading test, which is a computerized reading assessment, by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Native Language, Culture Fair Tests
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Ward, Arthur K., Jr. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this research is to develop a vocabulary assessment, Evaluation of Academic Vocabulary or "EAV," that gauges students' depth of knowledge of academic words and is sensitive to vocabulary growth in the context of literacy interventions. We report results from two studies with native English-speaking middle school students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Language, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Download full textCrosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Ward, Arthur K., Jr. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this research is to develop a vocabulary assessment, Evaluation of Academic Vocabulary or "EAV," that gauges students' depth of knowledge of academic words and is sensitive to vocabulary growth in the context of literacy interventions. We report results from two studies with native English-speaking middle school students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Language, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Luo, Dehong; Gong, Jing – SAGE Open, 2022
Home language (HL) effects on academic language literacy have been extensively discussed. However, previous research has mostly focused on Indo--European languages. This study extends the literature by using data (n = 17,600) collected in a diversified language area: Guangxi, China. We examined the effects of four HLs and four socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Language, Literacy, Socioeconomic Influences
