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Eunice Eunhee Jang; Christie Barron; Hyunah Kim; Bruce Russell – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Research on the use of standardized test scores in higher education reveals significant variations in attitudes and perceptions of language proficiency tests among test score users. Most test score users have limited knowledge about test score interpretations in terms of what English as additional language (EAL) students typically know and can do…
Descriptors: Scores, Standardized Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Hsin, L.; Rapaport, A.; Osman, D.; Kilborn, M.; Pierson, A.; Garrett, R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
These are the appendixes for the report, "English Proficiency and the Pandemic: How Texas English Learner Students Fared during the COVID-19 Pandemic. REL 2023-144." This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
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Kozikoglu, Ishak – Educational Research Quarterly, 2018
Bloom's taxonomy for the classification of the objectives in cognitive domain was developed in mid 1950s and this taxonomy was revised by a group with Anderson and Krathwohl by making some changes and revisions. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the objectives of 8th grade English curriculum and TEOG exam questions (national assessment…
Descriptors: Classification, Taxonomy, Grade 8, English Curriculum
Obuon, Otieno Paulvince – ProQuest LLC, 2019
English Learners (ELs) enrollment in the U.S. public schools continues to increase. ELs have various linguistic needs including listening, reading, speaking, and writing English. Often this group of students does not perform well academically on state assessments since these assessments are normally written in English and require substantial…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, Language Skills, Mathematics Achievement
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Sparks, Richard L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
The simple view of reading (SVR) model proposes that reading comprehension is the product of word decoding and language comprehension, and that both components make independent contributions to reading skill (Gough & Tunmer, 1986). The model posits that there are good readers and three types of poor readers--dyslexic, hyperlexic, and garden…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Profiles, Spanish
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Creagh, Sue – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2014
The Australian field of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching is globally respected for its research and practice achievements over a period of some 30 years. However, this essential field of pedagogy is being diluted in the current Australian reform agenda which is firmly founded on a traditional vision of English as first language, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Karbalaei, Alireza; Negin Taji, Tania – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
The present study aimed to determine the compensation strategies used by Iranian elementary EFL learners across the speaking skill. The participants of this study were a sample of 120 EFL elementary male and female learners whose ages ranged between 11 and 25 at a language institute in Rostam, Iran. The main participants were homogenized through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lo, Yi-Hsuan Gloria – TESOL Journal, 2011
Research has shown that English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Taiwan fall into two peaks of the curve. This is to say, learners can be classified into two major groups: those who perform quite well on standardized tests, such as college entrance examinations, and those who perform poorly. From a socioeconomic perspective, the correlation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning