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Perrone, Michael – Journal of Adult Education, 2011
This study investigated the notions of washback and classroom-based assessment within the context of the "First Certificate of English (FCE)" examination and the students at the British Institute of Florence (BIF). A review of the literature examining classroom-based assessment revealed several limitations in previous research. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Foster, Pauline; Tavakoli, Parvaneh – Language Learning, 2009
This article argues that a native-speaker baseline is a neglected dimension of studies into second language (L2) performance. If we investigate how learners perform language tasks, we should distinguish what performance features are due to their processing an L2 and which are due to their performing a particular task. Having defined what we mean…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Language Fluency