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Van Moere, Alistair; Suzuki, Masanori; Downey, Ryan; Cheng, Jian – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2009
This paper discusses the development of an assessment to satisfy the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Language Proficiency Requirements. The Versant Aviation English Test utilizes speech recognition technology and a computerized testing platform, such that test administration and scoring are fully automated. Developed in…
Descriptors: Scoring, Test Construction, Language Proficiency, Standards
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Farris, Candace; Trofimovich, Pavel; Segalowitz, Norman; Gatbonton, Elizabeth – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2008
This study investigated the effects of second language (L2) proficiency and task-induced cognitive workload on participants' speech production and retention of information in an environment designed to simulate the demands faced by pilots receiving instructions from air-traffic controllers. Three groups of 20 participants (one…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency