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Assessing Receptive Skills in an Adult L2 Learner Population with Diverse Educational Backgrounds
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Marieke Vanbuel; Bart Deygers – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
Recently, research in second language acquisition has seen an increased attention on low-educated low-literate (LESLLA) learners. However, few of the existing instruments to measure L2 proficiency have been validated for use with this population. In this paper, we examine how adult L2 learners with diverging educational backgrounds perform on and…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Language Tests, Educational Background, Language Proficiency
ATLAS: Computerised Second Language Proficiency Testing.
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Troubleyn, Katrien; And Others – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses the development of the Adaptive Testing Linguistic Achievement Significance (ATLAS) test used to evaluate second language proficiency of Belgian civil servants. Notes that testers encountered various problems caused by the complexity of language, the difference in background of the candidates and the absence of official objective test…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Employees
ARIANE: Computerised Mother Tongue Tests for Belgian Civil Servants.
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Van Walle, Ann; And Others – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses ARIANE, a representative computerized mother tongue test measuring relevant aspects of communication and presenting test candidates with a varied selection of different texts and audio material, followed by different strategies. Outlines how the test's objectives were specified, its database and strategies developed, and how the test was…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software