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On the Construct Validity of the Iranian Ministry of Health Language Exam (MHLE) [PDF]
Journal of Language Horizons, 2020 Considering validity as a unitary concept, this study investigated the construct validity of the Iranian Ministry of Health Language Exam (MHLE). To meet this objective, we first conducted item analysis and reliability analysis, and verified KR20-if-item-
S. Susan Marandi +2 more
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Psychometric Properties of Achievement Goal Constructs for Chinese Students
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 In Chinese schools, classes are organized with special monitors and teachers contributing to the achievement goal structure for students. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of perception of teachers’ achievement goal structure ...
Ningning Zhao +6 more
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Task-based language assessment [PDF]
, 2013 status ...
Deygers, Bart, Van Gorp, Koen
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, 2021 In this reflection article I examine language assessment literacy initiatives and their possible impact on teachers, and I discuss the connections that exist between language assessment literacy and teachers’ professional development.
Frank Giraldo
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Assessment and diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder: The experiences of speech and language therapists [PDF]
, 2019 © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the ...
Bishop D. V. M. +7 more
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Innovation and reciprocity in applied linguistics
Literator, 2014 Applied linguistics is a discipline of design: it solves language problems by suggesting a plan, or blueprint, to handle them. These designs are sometimes promoted as highly innovative. Yet, are innovative language courses and tests in all respects truly
Albert Weideman
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionVarious parental report instruments are available for assessing children’s language skills at the end of the second year. However, comparison studies on their usability are lacking, and it is also open to question what kind of information the
Susanna Surakka +3 more
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Language assessment literacy: what do we need to learn, unlearn, and relearn?
Language Testing in Asia, 2020 Recently, we have witnessed a growing interest in developing teachers’ language assessment literacy. The ever increasing demand for and use of assessment products and data by a more varied group of stakeholders than ever before, such as newcomers with ...
C. Coombe, H. Vafadar, H. Mohebbi
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Using keystroke logging to understand writers’ processes on a reading-into-writing test
Language Testing in Asia, 2017 Background Integrated reading-into-writing tasks are increasingly used in large-scale language proficiency tests. Such tasks are said to possess higher authenticity as they reflect real-life writing conditions better than independent, writing-only tasks.
Sathena Chan
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An Argument-Based Validation of an Asynchronous Written Interaction Task
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Interactional competence has attracted increasing attention due to its significance for language users. Previous studies concerning interactional competence mainly focus on synchronous interaction tasks, while the utilization of asynchronous interaction ...
Ting Chen
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