Publication Date
| In 2025 | 3 |
| Since 2024 | 3 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 5 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
| High Stakes Tests | 6 |
| Language Tests | 6 |
| Language Variation | 6 |
| Second Language Instruction | 6 |
| Second Language Learning | 6 |
| English (Second Language) | 5 |
| Language Attitudes | 4 |
| Teacher Attitudes | 4 |
| Teaching Methods | 4 |
| Language Proficiency | 3 |
| Language Teachers | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Critical Inquiry in Language… | 1 |
| English Teaching: Practice… | 1 |
| Journal of Multilingual and… | 1 |
| LEARN Journal: Language… | 1 |
| Language Assessment Quarterly | 1 |
| Language Learning in Higher… | 1 |
Author
| Ambele, Eric A. | 1 |
| Jiayu Liu | 1 |
| Johnson, Karen E. | 1 |
| Jordan, Stefanie Rehn | 1 |
| Lisha Guo | 1 |
| Maria Kostromitina | 1 |
| Monfared, Abbas | 1 |
| Okim Kang | 1 |
| Poehner, Matthew E. | 1 |
| Ron I. Thomson | 1 |
| Talia Isaacs | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 6 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Test of English as a Foreign… | 3 |
| International English… | 2 |
| Test of English for… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkJiayu Liu – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
Research on Portuguese language exams in the language assessment field remains scarce. To bridge this gap, this study examined washback from the large-scale, high-stakes Portuguese proficiency tests created by the Center of Evaluation of Portuguese as a Foreign Language ("Centro de Avaliação de Português Língua Estrangeira," or CAPLE as…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, Language Tests, High Stakes Tests, Language Proficiency
Lisha Guo – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2025
Purpose: Although there is growing critical awareness in ELT around the rise of English as a global language, studies on teachers' investment in critical pedagogy remain limited in mainstream ELT curricula, and the impact of such investment on teachers' identities is not clear. To address this gap, with the inclusive paradigm of Global Englishes…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textAmbele, Eric A. – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
The role of English as a medium of communication among diverse linguacultural users has resulted in a significant rise in the number of new Englishes. Using a semi-structured interview for data collection, this qualitative study investigates the perceptions of six foreign English lecturers at four universities in Thailand towards Thai English and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Okim Kang; Maria Kostromitina; Xun Yan; Ron I. Thomson; Talia Isaacs – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
There has been much debate in assessment research about the inclusion of Global English accents in high-stakes listening tests. This study explored test-takers' attitudes toward the inclusion of different English accents in the Duolingo English Test (DET) 2021 test version and their associations with listening test scores. One hundred sixty…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software
Monfared, Abbas – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This paper investigates the attitudes of 246 English teachers from Outer and Expanding Circles (EC and OC) towards the global spread of English and the challenges underpinning international proficiency tests. Using a questionnaire, supplemented with interviews with a smaller group of teachers, this study explores how EC and OC teachers perceive…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Language Variation
Johnson, Karen E.; Jordan, Stefanie Rehn; Poehner, Matthew E. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2005
Much of the research on the effects of tests on foreign and second-language classrooms has examined the impact or washback effect that commercial/institutional language tests, such as the TOEFL, have on teachers' instructional practices (Hughes, 1998; Wall & Alderson, 1993). Using a case study methodology, this study uncovered the ways in…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, High Stakes Tests, Language Variation
