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Rajab Esfandiari; Omid Allaf-Akbary – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The purpose of the current study was twofold: examining the efficacy of data-driven learning (DDL) (hands-on and hands-off approaches) in the realization of interactional metadiscourse markers (IMMs) among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and analyzing the learners' perceptions of DDL. The participants consisted of 93 male and female…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, Computational Linguistics
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Shin, Dongil – Language Testing in Asia, 2019
The purpose of this study is to analyze newspaper articles from three publications ("Chosun Ilbo," "Donga Ilbo," and "JoongAng Ilbo") regarding a newly developed high-stakes English test in South Korea, the National English Ability Test (NEAT), from the viewpoint of critical discourse analysis. All of the articles…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Newspapers, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
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Shin, Dongil; Cho, Eunhae – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
Drawing on critical discourse analysis methodologies, this study examines the discursive conflicts and strategies employed by newspaper media surrounding the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in Korea. NEAT was reported to cause severe competition among young learners of English and lacked public support. Discursive conflicts over whether NEAT…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Newspapers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning