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Direct linkHakyung Sung; Sooyeon Cho; Kristopher Kyle – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
Lexical diversity (LD) is an important indicator of second language lexical development. Much research has investigated LD indices, with a focus on learners of English. However, further research is needed in languages that are typologically distinct from English, such as Korean. In this study, we evaluated the reliability and validity of LD…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Korean, Persuasive Discourse, Language Tests
Isbell, Daniel R.; Kremmel, Benjamin – Language Testing, 2020
Administration of high-stakes language proficiency tests has been disrupted in many parts of the world as a result of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Institutions that rely on test scores have been forced to adapt, and in many cases this means using scores from a different test, or a new online version of an existing test, that can be taken…
Descriptors: Language Tests, High Stakes Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Download full textGawliczek, Piotr; Krykun, Viktoriia; Tarasenko, Nataliya; Tyshchenko, Maksym; Shapran, Oleksandr – Advanced Education, 2021
The article deals with the innovative, cutting age solution within the language testing realm, namely computer adaptive language testing (CALT) in accordance with the NATO Standardization Agreement 6001 (NATO STANAG 6001) requirements for further implementation in foreign language training of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AF of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction
Norris, John; Drackert, Anastasia – Language Testing, 2018
The Test of German as a Foreign Language (TestDaF) plays a critical role as a standardized test of German language proficiency. Developed and administered by the Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development (g.a.s.t.), TestDaF was launched in 2001 and has experienced persistent annual growth, with more than 44,000 test takers in…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Isbell, Dan; Winke, Paula – Language Testing, 2019
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) oral proficiency interview -- computer (OPIc) testing system represents an ambitious effort in language assessment: Assessing oral proficiency in over a dozen languages, on the same scale, from virtually anywhere at any time. Especially for users in contexts where multiple foreign…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Galikyan, Irena; Madyarov, Irshat; Gasparyan, Rubina – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
The broad range of English language teaching and learning contexts present in the world today necessitates high quality assessment instruments that can provide reliable and meaningful information about learners' English proficiency levels to relevant stakeholders. The "TOEFL Junior"® tests were recently introduced by Educational Testing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
Bae, Minryoung; Lee, Byungmin – English Teaching, 2018
This study examines the effects of text length and question type on Korean EFL readers' reading comprehension of the fill-in-the-blank items in Korean CSAT. A total of 100 Korean EFL college students participated in the study. After divided into three different proficiency groups, the participants took a reading comprehension test which consisted…
Descriptors: Test Items, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Watanabe, Yoshinori – Language Testing, 2013
This article describes the National Center Test for University Admissions, a unified national test in Japan, which is taken by 500,000 students every year. It states that implementation of the Center Test began in 1990, with the English component consisting only of the written section until 2005, when the listening section was first implemented…
Descriptors: College Admission, Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language)
Cumming, Alister; Kantor, Robert; Baba, Kyoko; Eouanzoui, Keanre; Erdosy, Usman; James, Mark – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
We assessed whether and how the discourse written for prototype integrated tasks (involving writing in response to print or audio source texts) field tested for the new TOEFL® differs from the discourse written for independent essays (i.e., the TOEFL essay). We selected 216 compositions written for 6 tasks by 36 examinees in a field…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Essays, Scores, Language Proficiency
Test-Retest Analyses of the Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL Research Reports Report 45.
Henning, Grant – 1993
This study provides information about the total and component scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). First, the study provides comparative global and component estimates of test-retest, alternate-form, and internal-consistency reliability, controlling for sources of measurement error inherent in the examinees and the testing…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)
Bejar, Isaac I. – 1985
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was used in this study, which attempted to develop a new methodology for assessing the speededness of right-scored tests. Traditional procedures of assessing speededness have assumed that the test is scored under formula-scoring instructions; this approach is not always appropriate. In this study,…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods
de Jong, John H. A. L. – Toegepaste taalwetenschap in artikelen 20, 1984
A study investigated the validity of an English listening skills test by comparing the results of native American and British English speakers with those of Dutch students of English as a second language. A hypothesis suggested that two-thirds of the items would test listening skills and the remaining third would test other knowledge. Test results…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Background
