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Poehner, Matthew E.; Wang, Zhaoyu – Language Teaching, 2021
This timeline is concerned with Dynamic Assessment (henceforth, DA) as it has been taken up and elaborated in contexts involving the teaching, learning, and assessment of learners of second languages (L2s). DA is distinguished by its insistence that an individual's independent performance of assessment tasks reveals only part of his/her abilities,…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Second Language Learning, Student Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment
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Mermelstein, Aaron David – ORTESOL Journal, 2023
Reading is a complicated cognitive procedure of deciphering symbols to create meaning. It's a complicated relationship that the reader has with the text and is lead by a reader's previous knowledge, experiences, attitude, and culture. Second language (L2) reading comprehension is perhaps a more complicated procedure and there's a need to ensure…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
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John M. Norris; Shoko Sasayama; Michelle Kim – ETS Research Report Series, 2023
Accomplishing a communication task in the real world requires the ability not only to do the task per se but also to manage aspects of the context in which it occurs. For this reason, simulations of target language use contexts have been incorporated into the design of communicative language tests as a way of enhancing the authenticity of…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Writing (Composition), Task Analysis, Student Evaluation
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Yuichiro Yokouchi – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
The performance decision tree (PDT; Fulcher et al., 2011) is a rubric style that is applicable to performance assessment, with origins in Upshur and Turner's (1995) empirically derived binary-choice, boundary-definition (EBB) scale. It is easier for raters to assess performance by evaluating multiple binary-choice descriptors. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Bui, Hung Phu – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
This study investigates Vietnamese university EFL teachers' and students' beliefs and teachers' practices regarding classroom assessment. Data were collected from a questionnaire administered to 455 participants (104 teachers and 351 students), interviews with nine teachers and twelve students, and 18 observations of 90-min lessons in five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, College Faculty
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Beckie Bray Rankin; Nikki Prasad – NECTFL Review, 2024
Motivating students towards language learning includes embedding meaningful themes, communicative tasks, and authentic assessments. When voice and choice are held as essential qualities of the task, students invest in the resources to make meaning and express their own thoughts, thus moving us away from traditional assessments that emphasize…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Suastra, I. Made; Menggo, Sebastianus – International Journal of Language Education, 2020
It is quite common to our understanding that classroom assessment outcomes are not sensitive to the goal of teaching and learning language skills. More specifically, the assessment cannot allow the students to present what they know and what they are supposed to do. The purpose of classroom assessment is to inform teaching and to improve learning.…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Writing Skills, Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation
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Sahin, Alper – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
There are several student performances assessed in Intensive English Programs (IEPs) worldwide in each academic year. These student performances are mostly graded by human raters with a certain degree of error. However, the accuracy of these performance assessments is of utmost importance because they feed data into some high stakes decisions…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Adnan; Suwandi, Sarwiji; Nurkamto, Joko; Setiawan, Budhi – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The purpose of this research is examine teacher competence in authentic and integrative assessment in Indonesian language learning. The participants of this research were 52 Indonesian language teachers at the senior high school level. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in this research. Data on teacher competency was used to…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Vercellotti, Mary Lou; McCormick, Dawn E. – TESL-EJ, 2021
With the increased emphasis in communicative language learning and task-based language teaching, classroom assessment increasingly includes performance-based assessments (e.g., essays, speeches, projects, presentations), which require careful planning and can be challenging to implement and assess. The ability to design and use well-designed…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Lo, Yuen Yi; Fung, Daniel – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
In Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes, students learn content knowledge and a second/foreign language (L2) simultaneously. It follows that both content and language are assessed, although research on how to do so remains scarce. This study explores the interplay between cognitive and linguistic demands of CLIL assessments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Secondary Education
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Carroll, Brian A. – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2017
A broad view of assessment development and design procedures portrays existing theories and methodologies as not fully representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities students need to perform in the 21st century. Acknowledgement of these inadequacies has led to developments in assessment research attempting to meet contemporary expectations…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation, Vignettes
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Buder, Laura J. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2018
Over the last few years, I have seen a significant impact on student learning from improving and adapting my instruction in three main areas: backward designing instruction for target proficiency levels, transitioning to standards-based grading, and implementing performance-based assessments that focus on proficiency. These strategies have not…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Zapata, Gabriela C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
In 2013, Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) was adopted at all levels of instruction at a private university in southern California. The study reports the opinions of 1,236 Novice, Intermediate Low, and Intermediate Mid Spanish students concerning IPA and their perceptions of the way in which classroom instruction was reflected in the content…
Descriptors: Spanish, College Students, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency
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Foss, Julie A., Ed. – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2017
The 2017 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages was held at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago. The theme focused on moving students from knowing about the language to becoming proficient in the language. The conference boasted 328 sessions and workshops. This report contains conference articles that focus on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Performance Based Assessment
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