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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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Using keystroke logging to understand writers’ processes on a reading-into-writing test
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
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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Exploring the Idea of “Assessment with Learners” in Discussing Language Assessment Literacy [PDF]
Inspired by Fulcher’s (2012) data-driven approach to language assessment literacy (LAL), I introduce learners’ voices as a way to better understand teachers’ LAL. I also incorporate learnings from recent literature on child development regarding research
Yuko Goto Butler
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Issues of validity and generalisability in the Grade 12 English Home Language examination
Very little research has been devoted to evaluating the national English Home Language (HL) curriculum and assessment system. Not only is there a lack of clarity on whether the language subject is being offered at an adequately high level to meet the ...
du Plessis, Colleen Lynne
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Introduction Individual variability in the language outcomes of children with cochlear implantation (CI) is a major concern. In CI rehabilitation, there is lack of a protocol regarding uniform post-CI language assessment interval duration, which can ...
Vijay Kumar, Rachna Mehta
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Behavioral evidence for the link between numerical and spatial representations comes from the spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) effect, consisting in faster reaction times to small/large numbers with the left/right hand respectively.
Carrie Georges +2 more
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Degrees of adequacy: the disclosure of levels of validity in language assessment
The conceptualization of validity remains contested in educational assessment in general, and in language assessment in particular. Validation and validity are the subjective and objective sides of the process of building a systematic argument for the ...
Albert Weideman
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Language Assessment in Practice
Studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Vol. 10 No. 2 (2010)
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A Post-Positivist and Interpretive Approach to Researching Teachers’ Language Assessment Literacy
The language assessment literacy of English language teachers has been one of the topics of discussion in the language testing field. In this article, I focus on the need to expand research constructs and methodologies to understand, in depth, the ...
Frank Giraldo
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