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Özdemir, Sevket; Mavis, Ilknur; Tunçer, Aylin Müge – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
Aphasia assessment is the initial step of a well-structured language therapy. Therefore, it is reasonable to underline that the assessment tools need to consider the typological and cultural characteristics of the language. A group of international researchers in the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists have been adapting the Comprehensive Aphasia…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Language Tests, Aphasia
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Li, Hongli; Hunter, Charles Vincent; Bialo, Jacquelyn Anne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of this study is to review the status of differential item functioning (DIF) research in language testing, particularly as it relates to the investigation of sources (or causes) of DIF, which is a defining characteristic of the third generation DIF. This review included 110 DIF studies of language tests dated from 1985 to 2019. We…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Language Tests, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Research
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Solon, Megan; Park, Hae In; Dehghan-Chaleshtori, Marzieh; Carver, Carly; Long, Avizia Y. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study examines a 30-item Spanish elicited imitation task (EIT) as a measure of global language proficiency for heritage language (HL) learners of Spanish. Results from Rasch modeling suggest that, while EIT scores demonstrated excellent reliability, the ability of much of the HL sample far exceeded the difficulty of the items. Differential…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Native Language, Language Proficiency, Spanish
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Corrine Occhino; Ryan Lidster; Leah C. Geer; Jason Listman; Peter C. Hauser – Language Testing, 2024
We describe the development and initial validation of the "ASL Fingerspelling and Number Comprehension Test" (ASL FaN-CT), a test of recognition proficiency for fingerspelled words in American Sign Language (ASL). Despite the relative frequency of fingerspelling in ASL discourse, learners commonly struggle to produce and perceive…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Construction, Finger Spelling, Test Validity
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Hamed Ghaemi; Zahra Khorsand – African Educational Research Journal, 2024
This study delves into writing scores in both tests, aiming to uncover the reasons behind score differences. Through comprehensive comparative analysis, this research explores scoring patterns, criteria, and score distributions in IELTS and PTE writing sections. It investigates sources of score variation, including task design, rating criteria,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Scores, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Anna Mouti – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Plurilingual competence or repertoire of languages refers to all individuals being potentially plurilingual. As plurilingual competence and language repertoires are individual, assessment modes targeted to the individual and localized to the context should be encouraged. This study explored and depicted the plurilingual profile of Italian Studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Second Language Learning, Italian
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Esteban Hernández-Rivera; Alessia Kalogeris; Mehrgol Tiv; Debra Titone – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
People are often asked to self-evaluate their abilities, and these evaluations may not always reflect objective reality. Here, we investigated this issue for bilingual adults' self-evaluations of language proficiency and usage. We specifically examined how people's self-reported language solidarity impacted their first- (L1) and second-language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Bilingualism, Adults
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Daniel R. Isbell; Leeseul Park; Meghan Delaney – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
Vocabulary knowledge plays an important role in language learning and language proficiency, but it is difficult to know how much of a role it plays without appropriate vocabulary measures. In this article, we first discuss learner vocabulary in our research on Korean as a second/foreign language. Unable to find appropriate measures for receptive…
Descriptors: Korean, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests
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Amira Desouky Ali – International Journal of Training and Development, 2024
Stakeholders in exam-driven countries are responsible for developing test-related tasks to assess the quality of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching and learning. Hence, the language assessment literacy (LAL) of different stakeholders has to be investigated. This mixed-methods study explored the required LAL competencies among two groups…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Assessment Literacy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Mohamad Reza Farangi; Saeed Mehrpour – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2024
Children's early language development is under the influence of several positive and negative factors including television as an input source and family's socio-economic status. Considering that, this study investigated the effects of these variables on children's vocabulary development using a quasi-experimental design. To this end, 60 Iranian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status, Television Viewing
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Adriana Weisleder; Margaret Friend; Angeline Sin Mei Tsui; Virginia A. Marchman – Language Learning, 2024
A large number of children are exposed to more than one language. One well-established method of assessing early vocabulary development in monolingual children is parent report; however, its use in bilingual/multilingual contexts is less established and brings unique challenges. In this methodological scoping review, we reviewed studies of early…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Vocabulary Development, Definitions
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Thom Hudson – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
J.D. Brown (JD) served as the author of an instructional column titled "Statistics Corner" in the "Shiken": JALT "Testing & Evaluation SIG Newsletter" for an extensive period spanning over two decades, from 1997 to 2019. This publication was under the auspices of the Testing and Evaluation Special Interest Group,…
Descriptors: Authors, Newsletters, Statistics, Testing
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Stephanie van Eeden; Cristina McKean; Helen Stringer – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Children born with cleft palate ± lip (CP ± L) are at risk of speech sound disorder (SSD). Up to 40% continue to have SSD at age 5-6 years. These difficulties are typically described as articulatory in nature and often include cleft speech characteristics (CSC) hypothesized to result from structural differences. In non-CP ± L SSD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Congenital Impairments, Speech Impairments, Articulation Impairments
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Joshua Matthews; Ahmed Masrai; Kriss Lange; Stuart McLean; Emad A. Alghamdi; Young Ae Kim; Yukie Shinhara; Saori Tada – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2024
Aural lexical knowledge (ALK) is crucial for second language (L2) listening. Despite its importance, there is scant research that has validly explored the relationship between ALK and L2 listening across different English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. In an effort to broaden this research base, the current study closely replicates a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Angela Gardner; Karen Lichtman – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
This study investigated how questioning strategies impact language learner performance. Specifically, it explored how questioning strategies influence (i) verb production and subject-verb agreement in the target language, and (ii) learner confidence in completing tasks without translation software. Sixty-eight novice language learners enrolled in…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning, Spanish, High School Students
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