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English Foreign Language Reading and Spelling Diagnostic Assessments Informing Teaching and Learning of Young Learners
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Janina Kahn-Horwitz; Zahava Goldstein – Language Testing, 2024
In order to inform English foreign language (EFL) diagnostic assessment of literacy, this study examined the extent to which 175 first-language Hebrew-speaking EFL young learners from fifth to tenth grade exhibited differences in single-letter grapheme recognition, sub-word, and word reading, and rapid automatized naming (RAN) of letters and…
Descriptors: Spelling, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Testing Young Foreign Language Learners' Reading Comprehension: Exploring the Effects of Working Memory, Grade Level, and Reading Task
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Brunfaut, Tineke; Kormos, Judit; Michel, Marije; Ratajczak, Michael – Language Testing, 2021
Extensive research has demonstrated the impact of working memory (WM) on first language (L1) reading comprehension across age groups (Peng et al., 2018), and on foreign language (FL) reading comprehension of adults and older adolescents (Linck et al., 2014). Comparatively little is known about the effect of WM on young FL readers' comprehension,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Accuracy
Responding to a TOEFL iBT Integrated Speaking Task: Mapping Task Demands and Test Takers' Use of Stimulus Content
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Frost, Kellie; Clothier, Josh; Huisman, Annemiek; Wigglesworth, Gillian – Language Testing, 2020
Integrated speaking tasks requiring test takers to read and/or listen to stimulus texts and to incorporate their content into oral performances are now used in large-scale, high-stakes tests, including the TOEFL iBT. These tasks require test takers to identify, select, and combine relevant source text information to recognize key relationships…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Scoring Rubrics, Speech Communication, English (Second Language)
Is Anybody Listening? The Nature of Second Language Listening in Integrated Listening-to-Summarize Tasks
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Rukthong, Anchana; Brunfaut, Tineke – Language Testing, 2020
Integrated test tasks, such as listening-to-speak or reading-to-write, are increasingly used in second language assessment despite relatively limited empirical insights into what they assess. Most research on integrated tasks has primarily focused on the productive skills involved; studies exploring the receptive skills mostly investigated tasks…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Recall (Psychology), Oral Language, Linguistic Input
Self-Assessment of Japanese as a Second Language: The Role of Experiences in the Naturalistic Acquisition
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Suzuki, Yuichi – Language Testing, 2015
Self-assessment has been used to assess second language proficiency; however, as sources of measurement errors vary, they may threaten the validity and reliability of the tools. The present paper investigated the role of experiences in using Japanese as a second language in the naturalistic acquisition context on the accuracy of the…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Error of Measurement, Japanese, Second Language Learning
Rating Written Performance: What Do Raters Do and Why?
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Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Language Testing, 2014
This study investigates the relationship in L2 writing between raters' judgments of communicative adequacy and linguistic complexity by means of six-point Likert scales, and general measures of linguistic performance. The participants were 39 learners of Italian and 32 of Dutch, who wrote two short argumentative essays. The same writing tasks…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Evaluators, Native Language