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Direct linkOkim 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
