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Ruth Vanbaelen – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This study outlines how handwritten reflection cards lead to the retention of the Japanese kana alphabets. Handwriting is said to help improve retention of the Japanese alphabets. Currently, in-person classes provide most of the materials and assignments via the university's Learning Management System (LMS), and students have the choice to…
Descriptors: Japanese, Alphabets, Retention (Psychology), Handwriting
Su, Yongqiang; Chen, Xi; Huo, Michelle Ru Yun; Gan, Yan; Zhang, Jiawen; Li, Hong – Reading Research Quarterly, 2023
In the present study, we designed a dynamic measure to assess emerging morphological awareness in Chinese children and examined its concurrent and longitudinal relations with character recognition. The initial question of the dynamic assessment of morphological awareness (DAMA) task asked children to judge whether the first morphemes in a pair of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Morphemes, Identification, Character Recognition
Yan Jin; Jason Fan – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
In language assessment, AI technology has been incorporated in task design, assessment delivery, automated scoring of performance-based tasks, score reporting, and provision of feedback. AI technology is also used for collecting and analyzing performance data in language assessment validation. Research has been conducted to investigate the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Format
Zoe L. Handley; Haiping Wang – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
This paper explores what the measures of utterance fluency typically employed in Automatic Speech Evaluation (ASE), i.e. automated speaking assessments, tell us about oral proficiency. 60 Chinese learners of English completed the second part of the speaking section of IELTS and six tasks designed to measure the linguistic knowledge and processing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Evaluation, Graduate Students, Articulation (Speech)
Shazia Hasnain; Santoshi Halder – Journal of Education, 2024
Complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) as measures of language proficiency have been used extensively in assessing second language production in English language studies related to task-based language teaching. The present review adds the following critical elements to the existing body of literature: (i) Provides synthesis and critical analysis…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Okim Kang; Xun Yan; Maria Kostromitina; Ron Thomson; Talia Isaacs – Language Testing, 2024
This study aimed to answer an ongoing validity question related to the use of nonstandard English accents in international tests of English proficiency and associated issues of test fairness. More specifically, we examined (1) the extent to which different or shared English accents had an impact on listeners' performances on the Duolingo listening…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Nonstandard Dialects
Fuyu Kong; Yanli Zhang – SAGE Open, 2024
To explore the washback of the HSK on students learning Chinese as a Second Language (CSL), the study surveyed 1,616 SCL students from 25 different mother tongue backgrounds and interviewed international students studying in China through questionnaire and interview. The following was found in this study: (a) The HSK influenced both the process…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Jitpicha Jarayapun – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2024
A staff study (SS) is an administrative tool used for decision-making, involving comprehensive data gathering and analysis to resolve issues. Particularly crucial in military settings where classified information limits resources, staff studies also demonstrate their value in interdisciplinary academic fields. This article emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Military Schools, Educational Policy, Language Tests
Debra Jo Ponce – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teachers' beliefs about language and technology, pedagogy, and ability to integrate them can be challenging within the second language classroom. This study was a conceptual replication of previous work in the field of TPACK with world language teachers. This mixed-methods study included 59 current in-service world language teachers grades 9-12 in…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, High School Teachers, Language Teachers
Nancy L. Potter; Mark VanDam; Laurel Bruce; Jenny Davis; Linda Eng; Lizbeth Finestack; Victoria Heinlen; Nancy Scherer; Claire Schrock; Ryan Seltzer; Carol Stoel-Gammon; Lauren Thompson; Beate Peter – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Babble Boot Camp (BBC) is a parent-implemented telepractice intervention for infants at risk for speech and language disorders. BBC uses a teach-model-coach-review approach, delivered through weekly 15-min virtual meetings with a speech-language pathologist. We discuss accommodations needed for successful virtual follow-up test…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Intervention, Speech Evaluation, Language Tests
Hiu Che Foo; Chenwei Tang; Yuting Kao; Hsingmei Wu; Chelun Chang; Meiyao Wu; Yuchun Lo; Shihming Weng – American Annals of the Deaf, 2024
Our study investigated the differences in speech performance and neurophysiological response in groups of school-age children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) who were otherwise typically developing (TD). We recruited a total of 16 primary school-age children for our study (UHL = 9/TD = 7), who were screened by doctors at Shin Kong Wu-Ho-Su…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Speech Skills, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability
Hakyung 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
Jesse Gleason; Resha Cardone; Andrew Bartlett – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to take stock of student learning. Although the "crisis-context" (Gacs et al., 2020) move to fully online instruction may be over, a complete understanding of how student outcomes have been impacted remains. The present study focuses on how students' Spanish language proficiency, as…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Language Tests, Spanish
Abebe Tewachew; Kassie Shiferie; Ebabu Tefera – Cogent Education, 2024
This study aimed to examine the practices of EFL teachers in test construction. It was conducted in six purposively selected secondary schools. The study addressed the following question: What are the practices of EFL teachers in test construction? The theoretical basis of the study was Bloom's taxonomy. The design of the study was a convergent…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Test Construction
Kristina Kintz Feldner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading Rasch unIT (RIT) score and State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading achievement among English learners in Grades 8 and 9. The study also…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, English Language Learners, Grade 8, Grade 9