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Motteram, Johanna; Spiby, Richard; Bellhouse, Gemma; Sroka, Katarzyna – Language Testing, 2023
This article describes the implementation of a special accommodations policy for a suite of localised English language and numeracy tests, the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) Assessments. The WPLN are computer-delivered assessments, part of the WPLN training and assessment programme, which exists to provide access to workforce skills…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Educational Policy, Testing Accommodations, Futures (of Society)
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Suh, Bo-Ram – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The use of concurrent data elicitation procedures (e.g. think-alouds, eye-tracking, response time) to investigate learners' cognitive processing and processes is becoming more prominent in research designs as researchers seek to acquire a better understanding of how second language (L2) learners process L2 data (e.g. Martin et al., 2019; Rogers,…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Nawas, Abu; Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah; Maadad, Nina – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
The greater emphasis on the significance and difference in English performance between the school types has mainly been investigated across Asian countries. However, not much is known about what language skills differentiate their overall language achievement. Using a quantitative study with comparative analysis, this study measured the reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2023
Podcasts are audio files that are automatically delivered to the student's computer, smart phone, iPad or MP3/MP4 player. They can be automatically updated. Students typically subscribe to podcasts using "podcatcher" software such as iTunes. The present study proposes a model for integrating grammar podcasts in teaching English grammar…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Gerriet Janssen; Renka Ohta; Jeremy Lee; Michael Suhan – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Drawing from a larger CIPP program evaluation ("Context, Input, Processes, Products") comprised of 11 analyses of the ETS online teacher training course titled "Teaching Academic English with the TOEFL iBT® Test" (TAE), this paper triangulates three qualitatively different data sets and seeks to understand how participants…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
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Eunice Eunhee Jang; Christie Barron; Hyunah Kim; Bruce Russell – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Research on the use of standardized test scores in higher education reveals significant variations in attitudes and perceptions of language proficiency tests among test score users. Most test score users have limited knowledge about test score interpretations in terms of what English as additional language (EAL) students typically know and can do…
Descriptors: Scores, Standardized Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Leda Lampropoulou – Language Education & Assessment, 2023
Extensive oral tasks or monologues of different types (e.g., presentations, storytelling) are often used as second language acquisition tasks in the fields of language learning and language testing. Pre-task planning time is a common provision to test-takers who may use different strategies to prepare their response. High-stakes tests, such as the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Speech Communication, Test Validity, Culture Fair Tests
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Quynh Thi Ngoc Nguyen; Susan Sheehan; Chi Thi Nguyen; Hoa Quynh Nguyen; Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen; Thuy Thai; Yen Thi Quynh Nguyen; Hien Thi Thu Tran; Sao Bui – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2023
Context has been recognized to exert a significant influence on language policy and planning (e.g., Cross, 2009; Gorsuch, 2000; Köksal & Sahin, 2012) as well as on teachers' decisions in the field of English language teaching and assessment (e.g., Fulmer et al., 2015; Shulman & Shulman, 2004). However, research on the interface among…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Jeng-Yih Tim Hsu; Su-Han Cheng – AILA Review, 2023
The present study explores lexical collocations and their relation to speaking proficiency of Taiwanese EFL college students learning English for academic purposes (i.e., EAP). The data is obtained from 92 English majors at a national university of science and technology in southern Taiwan. The results show that: (a) direct collocation instruction…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Proficiency, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Olga Gould-Yakovleva – Online Submission, 2023
This IRB-approved qualitative case study was grounded in Vygotsky's (1978; 1987) socio-cultural constructivism theory and New London Group (1996) postulates of multiliteracies. The participants in this project were 12 domestic and international polylingual English as an Additional Language students at a public university in one of the…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns, Constructivism (Learning)
Sequeira Cesar de Oliveira, Juliana – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present study sought to evaluate trial designs and training designs that are commonly used in popular commercially available computer-assisted language-learning (CALL) programs. The first two experiments (Experiment 1a and 1b) compared the effects of passive viewing and active student response methods in vocabulary learning. Contingencies on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software, Vocabulary Development
Ruoyu Huang – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Growing up in the digital era, young children are exposed to numerous educational applications and programs, some with well-designed curricula and others focused more on entertainment or game-like qualities. With the increasing popularity of mobile language-learning applications among young children, this dissertation raises a crucial question: do…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Animation
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Andrea Révész; Marije Michel; Minjin Lee – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study examined the extent to which L2 writers with varied working memory display differential pausing and revision behaviors at different periods during writing. The participants were 30 advanced Chinese L2 users of English, who wrote an argumentative essay. While composing, participants' keystrokes and eye-gaze movements were recorded to…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Processes
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Dao, Phung; Duong, Phuong-Thao; Nguyen, Mai Xuan Nhat Chi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
This study investigated the effects of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) mode and interlocutor familiarity on frequency and characteristics of peer feedback in L2 interaction. Fifty dyads of EFL learners were equally assigned into familiar (+/--) groups and performed an interactive task in two SCMC modes (text/video-chats). After…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires state education agencies to establish and implement standardized, statewide entrance and exit procedures for English learners (ELs). WIDA provides the English language proficiency placement and annual assessments administered in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Standards, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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