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Ponce, Héctor R.; Mayer, Richard E.; Figueroa, Verónica A.; López, Mario J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
This article examines the effectiveness of a software that supports formative assessment in real-time of learners' vocabulary knowledge through an interactive highlighting method. Students in a classroom are given a passage on their computer screen and asked to highlight the words they do not understand. This information is summarized on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Advanced Courses, Second Language Learning
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Burstein, Jill; And Others – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Reviews current and developing technology uses that are relevant to language assessment and discusses examples of recent linguistic applications from the laboratory at the Educational Testing Service. The processes of language test development are described and the functions they serve from the perspective of a large testing organization are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Interactive Video
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Douglas, Dan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Reviews current research on listening comprehension and development of listening tests and considers four issues in detail: 1) the meaning of context in listening testing; 2) the concept of criterion referenced tests; 3) the notion of specific purposes in testing; and 4) the use of technology in listening tests. Issues for future research are…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Context Clues, Criterion Referenced Tests
Scott, Richard W. – 1994
Johnson County Community College, in Kansas, recently implemented a unique laboratory combining interactive video, computers, and peer tutors to support its speech communication, foreign language, and interpreter training departments. The facility is equipped with 15 interactive, video-based work stations, costing $3,930 each; four computer…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, College Second Language Programs
Jaquith, Paul, Ed. – Cross Currents: An Instructional Journal of Language Teaching and Intercultural Communication, 1992
In this special issue on technology in language teaching, major articles include: "Sociocultural Aspects of Second Language Acquisition" (David Nunan); "The Need for Multi-Media ESL Teaching Methods: A Psychological Investigation into Learning Styles" (Don W. Hinkelman, Jay M. Pysock); "Can Japanese Children Learn…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing