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Hiwa Weisi; Maryam Zandi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The current study explored and compared the employment of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers (MDMs) by the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) speaking test takers at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. To conduct this discourse analysis research, a mixed-methods approach with concurrent transformative…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kristopher Kyle; Hakyung Sung; Masaki Eguchi; Fred Zenker – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Although lexical diversity is often used as a measure of productive proficiency (e.g., as an aspect of lexical complexity) in SLA studies involving oral tasks, relatively little research has been conducted to support the reliability and/or validity of these indices in spoken contexts. Furthermore, SLA researchers commonly use indices of lexical…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Validity
Winke, Paula; Zhang, Xiaowan; Pierce, Steven J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Second language (L2) teachers may shy away from self-assessments because of warnings that students are not accurate self-assessors. This information stems from meta-analyses in which self-assessment scores on average did not correlate highly with proficiency test results. However, researchers mostly used Pearson correlations, when polyserial could…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Language Proficiency
Liyuan, Huang – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
This research aimed to determine the impact of the effectiveness in the application of an independent method of teaching students on their progress in achieving a certain level of Japanese. The study used key methods that implied the experimental involvement of 60 3rd- and 4th-year American and Chinese students with the N3 and N2 levels of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Personal Autonomy, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning
Alfelia Nugky Permatasari; Firmansyah Firmansyah; Heri Retnawati – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
Becoming one of six official United Nations languages, English proficiency has become a prominent requirement for students and professionals entering international education and/ or careers, as assessed through standardized English proficiency tests. English learners conducted varied procedures to pursue the minimum test score criteria, including…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Philip S. Dale; Richard L. Sparks – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Despite the widespread use and effectiveness of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) composite score in predicting individual differences in L2 achievement and proficiency, there has been little examination of MLAT subtests, although they have potential for illuminating components of L2 aptitude and the mechanism of prediction. Here we use…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Native Language, Secondary School Students, Spanish
Hayriye Sakarya Akbulut; Ismail Hakki Mirici – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
This study examined the Turkish EFL students' perceptions of task-based language assessment (TBLA) in the blended learning environment at the tertiary level. It aimed to discover whether there were any significant differences in their perceptions based on gender and level of proficiency. It was a cross-sectional survey design study using the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Blended Learning, Task Analysis, Rating Scales
John Martin Metallo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The number of English language learners (ELLs) has increased. The problem is ELLs in a middle Tennessee Charter School network meet challenges in achieving English proficiency, thus limiting academic and social prospects. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine if there was a relationship between leader-led…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Faculty Development
Jieun Kim; Daniel Richard Isbell – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
The ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL, https://www.actfl.n.d.org/assessments/k-12-assessments/aappl) assesses proficiency in 11 languages for students in grades 3 to 12 and is often used to award the Seal of Biliteracy. While arguments for the valid interpretation and uses of the AAPPL have previously been…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Yossaphat Chantaraphat; Natjiree Jaturapitakkul – rEFLections, 2023
This paper aims to explore how higher proficiency students delivered peer tutoring programs to help improve lower proficiency students' speaking ability and build up their confidence in English speaking due to limited research studies on peer tutoring, especially in Thailand. Three groups of fourth-year undergraduates, each consisting of a high…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Sasithorn Limgomolvilas; Patsawut Sukserm – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
The assessment of English speaking in EFL environments can be inherently subjective and influenced by various factors beyond linguistic ability, including choice of assessment criteria, and even the rubric type. In classroom assessment, the type of rubric recommended for English speaking tasks is the analytical rubric. Driven by three aims, this…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Yue Lang; Yingying Liu – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2025
Chunking, the process of breaking texts into meaningful units, is a fundamental skill in interpreting. This study investigates the potential benefits of a computer-assisted chunking method, visual-syntactic text formatting (VSTF) to improve translators' performance. In the study, three passages with similar readability were randomly presented to…
Descriptors: Translation, Syntax, Layout (Publications), Second Languages
Nils Jaekel; Michael Schurig; Markus Ritter – Language Learning Journal, 2024
With the rapid implementation of early foreign language programmes in the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, first for Grade 3 (ages 8-9 years) in 2003 and then from Grade 1 (ages 6-7 years) in 2008, primary school teachers had to adapt to teaching a foreign language in Grade 1 quickly. Teachers had little experience with language teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, FLES
Nihat Polat; Laura Mahalingappa; Rae Mancilla – AERA Open, 2024
Language proficiency policies act as critical gatekeepers for multilingual international students (MIS) who intend to pursue an education at English-medium universities. The current study revisits the question of the predictive validity of a standardized English proficiency exam--International English Language Testing System (IELTS)--in comparison…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Syntax, Difficulty Level
Reza Zabihi; Danial Erfanitabar – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This study investigated the efficacy of varying degrees of written corrective feedback (WCF) explicitness on the accuracy of revised drafts and new pieces of writing among learners of different proficiency levels. A total of 130 learners of English were divided into three proficiency groups (basic, independent, and proficient users), with learners…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Revision (Written Composition)