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Kim, Hyun Jung – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
Human raters are normally involved in L2 performance assessment; as a result, rater behavior has been widely investigated to reduce rater effects on test scores and to provide validity arguments. Yet raters' cognition and use of rubrics in their actual rating have rarely been explored qualitatively in L2 speaking assessments. In this study three…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Evaluators, Second Language Learning

Tong-Fredericks, Cecilia – System, 1984
Compares the language generated by different kinds of oral communication activities. Areas of comparison include: speed of speaking, frequency of turns taken, and frequency of self-correction. Results indicate that the relative degree to which a student draws on his communicative and linguistic resources seems to be related to the communication…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Creative Activities
Hamp-Lyons, Liz; Proulx, Greg – 1982
Two methods of teaching advanced English as second language reading were compared in a sample of 24 Asian college students who were non-native speakers of English. The subjects were divided into three matched groups, each with one of two different teachers using different teaching methods, but both using the same text. It was hypothesized that all…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Mendelson-Burns, Ilsa – TESL Talk, 1987
Ways in which pronunciation of English as a second language can be taught through listening are presented, involving such activities as: identification tasks; minimal pair sentence tasks; inference, word counting, and dictation tasks; and stress and intonation tasks. (CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictation, English (Second Language), Learning Activities

Murray, Ian – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1983
Discusses positive and negative aspects of teaching language use--the Communicative Approach. While the Communicative Approach is learner-centered and develops the students' communicative competence, the design and current tactics of this methodology are criticized as being "decontextualized" and "abstracted." (SL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Creative Activities
Nogue, Alain; Lavoie, Jacinthe – 1989
This two-part guide to the evaluation of student progress in French language discusses both theoretical and practical implications. The first part consists of seven sections: (1) student evaluation; (2) the terminology of evaluation; (3) the objectives of evaluation and measurement inference; (4) the characteristics of a good learning objective,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Hiroto, Nagato – 1997
Designed for language teachers who find reading statistical research difficult but necessary, this article focuses on the minimal knowledge needed about statistical techniques for interpreting research findings. It first examines the statistical reasoning underlying quantitative, empirical studies, including normal distribution, standard…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Data Interpretation
Books, Marilyn – 1997
A discussion of in-depth interviewing as a method for research on language teaching and learning situates the technique within the continuum of research methodology and differentiates it from quantitative research methods. The strengths and weaknesses of in-depth interviewing are examined, methods of sampling are discussed, and advice on the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Sayers, Dennis – 1984
This manual is designed to provide bilingual educators with information concerning the realistic potential of microcomputers in vocational education programs. Discussed first are the benefits, limitations, and hardware configurations of computer-assisted language learning (CALL). The next chapter deals with courseware and instructional management…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Knibbeler, Wil, Ed.; Bernards, Marij, Ed. – 1984
Topics covered in papers presented at an international meeting on foreign language methodology include the following: how to sort out the new approaches to foreign language teaching methods; unconscious assimilation in foreign language learning; the lack of concrete answers arrived at during this meeting; methodological considerations in applying…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction