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Lin Lin; Guan Ying Li; Xuejun Guo – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Teachers' conceptions of assessment are a significant indicator of teacher assessment literacy. This study contextualized pre-service teachers' conceptions of assessment in Chinese second language education. An exploratory factor analysis generated eight first-order factors and the following confirmatory factor analysis found a hierarchical model,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Chinese
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Fan, Ning; Ma, Yingying – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of this review is to examine the effects of automated writing evaluation (AWE) feedback on students' English writing performance. We systematically reviewed studies that have empirically focused on this purpose. This review uses several combinations of key words to search in the databases of JSTOR, SSCI, and ERIC for peer-reviewed…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ilana M. Umansky; Nami Shin; Karen D. Thompson; Janette Avelar; Jaclyn Bovee – National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners at WestEd, 2024
This policy brief explores the extent to which students classified as English learners (ELs) are excluded from core content in high school. Using statewide data from Oregon (2013/14-2018/19) and Michigan (2011/12-2014/15), the percentages of current, former, and never ELs enrolled in any class in each core content area were tabulated and gaps in…
Descriptors: English Learners, Access to Education, Course Selection (Students), Track System (Education)
Education Commission of the States, 2020
The population of English learners (ELs) in K-12 schools continues to grow. Between the 2009-10 and 2014-15 school years, the percentage of English learners increased in over half of the states, and in 2017, English learners made up 10.1% of the total student population. Research suggests that in their transition to English, non-native speakers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Peng, Xiaojuan – English Language Teaching, 2021
In view of the complicated translation cognitive process, the study investigated and compared students' translation process of Chinese Classics through translation thinking path schema. Seventy-six participants learning translation courses based on parallel level in two classes of one Chinese university, some of them trained for four months…
Descriptors: Translation, Protocol Analysis, Video Technology, Poetry
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Liang, Yaqing; Li, Yanzhi; Sang, Zhonggang – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
This study investigated how peer-mediated Dynamic Assessment (DA) unfolded in translation revision competence (TRC) of students of Master's degree of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) in China. Thirty subjects first completed three revision tasks and were then rated as high- or low-level performers according to their average scores across the…
Descriptors: Translation, Student Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition)
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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online dynamic assessment (DA) on EFL learners' academic writing skills through one-on-one individual and online synchronous DA sessions over Google Docs. It also investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
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Robinson-Cimpian, Joseph P.; Thompson, Karen D. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016
When students labeled English Learners (ELs) are reclassified as Fluent English Proficient, changes often occur in services and settings (e.g., changes in teachers, peers, and ancillary services). Policymakers play an important role in the reclassification process because they establish test-based criteria that an EL must attain in order to become…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Language Fluency, Evaluation Criteria
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Figueiredo, Sandra; Martins, Margarida Alves; da Silva, Carlos Fernandes – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
Heritage language speakers struggle in European classrooms with insufficient material provided for second language (SL) learning and assessment. Considering the amount of instruments and pertinent studies in English SL, immigrant students are better prepared than their peers in Romance language settings. This study investigates how factors such as…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Second Language Learning, Romance Languages, Morphology (Languages)
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David Francis; Amy Stephens – National Academies Press, 2018
The imperative that all students, including English learners (ELs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning has become even more urgent and complex given shifts in science and mathematics standards. As a group, these students are underrepresented in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, STEM Education
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Mata, Liliana – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study aims to elaborate a framework for both the foundation and application of professional standards for mother-tongue teachers. The main issue with which this study is concerned constitutes the lack of a set of clear standards for the initial training of mother-tongue teachers. In terms of theory, that which has currently been analyzed in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Specialists, Standards
Umansky, Ilana – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
This report synthesizes findings from extant empirical research to identify nine key policy areas that state policymakers and stakeholders in California can leverage to improve English learners' (ELs') opportunities and outcomes across the state. Importantly, the report situates these policy areas within the current framework of California state…
Descriptors: State Policy, Outcomes of Education, English Language Learners, Educational Opportunities
Texas Education Agency, 2014
Commissioner's Rules Concerning the State Plan for Educating English Language Learners (ELLs) states that all school districts that are required to provide bilingual education and/or English as a second language (ESL) programs establish and operate a Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC). The LPACs are charged with reviewing all…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Guidelines, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
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Davis, Debra Dimon – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
Concerned that her students "knew" Spanish but could not use it in real life situations, the author created new learning goals, new learning activities, and new assessment activities. As a graduate student at the University of Illinois, the author was introduced to "Creating Significant Learning Experiences" (Fink, 2003) while studying with Steven…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Learning Activities
Khorsand, Narjess – Online Submission, 2009
This study examined the cognitive levels of questions used by Iranian EFL teachers in advanced reading comprehension tests. Twenty teachers participated in this study and generated 215 questions which were then categorized according to Bloom's taxonomy. This taxonomy consists of six major categories which starts from the simplest behavior to the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Tests, Advanced Students, Classification
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