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Direct linkHiu 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
Daniel R. Isbell; Dustin Crowther; Hitoshi Nishizawa – Language Testing, 2024
The extrapolation of test scores to a target domain - that is, association between test performances and relevant real-world outcomes - is critical to valid score interpretation and use. This study examined the relationship between Duolingo English Test (DET) speaking scores and university stakeholders' evaluation of DET speaking performances. A…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Higher Education, Stakeholders
Download full textMichael A. Cook; Steven M. Ross – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2024
This study examined the effectiveness of Flashlight360 by continuing a retrospective, mixed-methods quasi-experimental design of ELLs in Grades 1-12 during the 2023-24 school year in a large western state school district. Outcome measures included composite, speaking, and writing achievement gains on the WIDA ACCESS assessment administered to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Suburban Schools, Hispanic American Students, Evidence Based Practice
Abdullah Al-Abri; Fatemeh Ranjbaran Madiseh; Mostafa Morady Moghaddam – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
Enhancing students' lexical fluency and academic performance in speaking exams presents a significant challenge for English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors. The pursuit of effective tools to engage students and facilitate their learning process has been ongoing. The incorporation of technology in EFL learning contexts, particularly through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Qianru Li; Kan Kan Chan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL) has been widely adopted in teaching and learning, yet there has been scant research concerning speaking test adaptation. An emerging type of mobile application is designed to facilitate test takers' performance in a high-stakes speaking test (e.g., the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)).…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Test Wiseness, Computer Assisted Testing, Handheld Devices
David Allen; Rie Koizumi – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
"The English Speaking Achievement Test for Japanese Junior High School Students" (ESAT-J) was introduced to contribute to levelling up public English education in Tokyo in 2022. Critics, however, have made claims in the mass media against the use of the test and stakeholder groups have called for its cancellation. This paper presents an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students
Simon Perry – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
This research paper explores podcasting as a viable assessment technique in current academic English language teaching pedagogy. The study was done with two 3rd-year university classes who created the podcast in groups of four as an academic English-speaking exam with the goal being to enhance the student's intrinsic and extrinsic motivation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), College Students, Second Language Learning
Ali Khodi; Hossein Khezerlou; Hassan Sahraei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Regarding the whispered use of technology in instruction and assessment of language skills, the present study investigates the effect of e-portfolio assessment on EFL learners' speaking proficiency. To this end, 60 intermediate students were randomly selected and homogenized to participate in the study. Samples of the IELTS speaking tests were…
Descriptors: Reliability, Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Student Evaluation
Biju Theruvil Sayed; Zein Bassam Bani Younes; Ahmad Alkhayyat; Iroda Adhamova; Habesha Teferi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
There has been a surge in employing artificial intelligence (AI) in all areas of language pedagogy, not the least among them language testing and assessment. This study investigated the effects of AI-powered tools on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking skills, psychological well-being, autonomy, and academic buoyancy. Using a…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Language Tests, Success, Speech Skills
