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Review of Recent Empirical Research (2011-2018) on Language Assessment in China
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Min, Shangchao; He, Lianzhen; Zhang, Jie – Language Teaching, 2020
This article reviews a selected sample of 70 empirical studies in journal articles and doctoral dissertations on language assessment in China between 2011 and 2018. Following a brief introduction to the history and current state of language assessment in China, the article presents a critical review of language assessment research on six themes…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Journal Articles
English Language Teaching Research in South Korea: A Review of Recent Studies (2009-2014)
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Moodie, Ian; Nam, Hyun-Jeong – Language Teaching, 2016
This article reviews recent studies on English language teaching (ELT) in South Korea, where a great deal of research has been produced in recent years in local journals. In this article we review 95 studies from a pool of some 1,200 published between 2009 and 2014 on English language teaching and learning, focusing on research within the public…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Language Teachers
Using Likert Scales in L2 Research.
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Busch, Michael; Turner, Jean – TESOL Quarterly, 1993
Item-writing considerations in creating instruments using Likert-type scales, according to Michael Busch, include semantics of labeling response choices and number of response categories. Jean Turner discusses problems regarding the use of Likert-scale questionnaires for L2 research, for instance the cultural background of language learners being…
Descriptors: Language Research, Likert Scales, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
The C-Test--A Modification of the Cloze Procedure.
Raatz, Ulhich; Klein-Braley, Christine – 1981
This report describes research in progress at Duisburg University on a modification of the cloze principle in language testing. Four problem areas in classical cloze tests are isolated and discussed, namely, text selection, test construction, scoring, and interpretation. The "C-tests" in the process of development use the theoretical…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), German, Language Research
L'informatisation d'un test de classement en langue seconde (The Computerization of a Second Language Placement Test).
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Laurier, Michel – 1993
The purpose of this research was to compare two different forms of a placement test in French as a second language at the post-secondary level, a conventional test and a computerized test. First, expectations regarding a placement test as a measure of general proficiency are discussed and principles of adaptive testing that have been used to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, French, Higher Education
An Acknowledgment of Concern and a Concern for Lack of Acknowledgment.
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Traugott, Elizabeth Closs; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Two members and a former member of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Policy Council respond to Raimes' concerns about the TOEFL Test of Written English, particularly regarding the Educational Testing Service's research agenda and its effect on English-as-a-Second-Language instruction and graduate school admission. (17 references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Equal Education, Essays, Graduate Study