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Direct linkJunlan Pan; Emma Marsden – Language Testing, 2024
"Tests of Aptitude for Language Learning" (TALL) is an openly accessible internet-based battery to measure the multifaceted construct of foreign language aptitude, using language domain-specific instruments and L1-sensitive instructions and stimuli. This brief report introduces the components of this theory-informed battery and…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Aptitude Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Construction
Cai, Yuyang; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Testing, 2020
An essential hypothesis of modern language assessment theory pertains to the interaction between strategy use ability (strategic competence) and second language knowledge. However, how they interact with each other is rarely explored. Drawing on relevant research in the literature, in this paper we proposed three interaction patterns (i.e.,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Nursing Education, Reading Tests
Zhao, Hulin; Gu, Xiangdong – Language Testing, 2016
Test Purpose: The CATTI aims to measure competence in translation and interpreting (including simultaneous and consecutive interpreting) between Chinese and seven foreign languages: English, Japanese, French, Arabic, Russian, German, or Spanish. The test is intended to cover a wide range of domains including business, government, academia, and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Foreign Countries, Translation, Chinese
Eckes, Thomas – Language Testing, 2014
Testlets are subsets of test items that are based on the same stimulus and are administered together. Tests that contain testlets are in widespread use in language testing, but they also share a fundamental problem: Items within a testlet are locally dependent with possibly adverse consequences for test score interpretation and use. Building on…
Descriptors: Test Items, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, German
Carey, Michael D.; Mannell, Robert H.; Dunn, Peter K. – Language Testing, 2011
This study investigated factors that could affect inter-examiner reliability in the pronunciation assessment component of speaking tests. We hypothesized that the rating of pronunciation is susceptible to variation in assessment due to the amount of exposure examiners have to nonnative English accents. An inter-rater variability analysis was…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Pronunciation, Phonology, Interlanguage
Liu, Jianda – Language Testing, 2007
Pragmatic proficiency has been incorporated in the EFL teaching and testing syllabi in China, but the corresponding tests still focus on linguistic competence. The gap between the teaching and testing is mainly due to the lack of generally accepted measures of communicative abilities such as pragmatic competence. This study developed a…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Speech Acts, Testing, Foreign Countries
