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Aligning EAP teaching, learning, and assessment: A case study from Taiwan

open access: yesInternational Journal of English for Academic Purposes
In 2021, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education launched the Programme on Bilingual Education for Students in College (BEST Programme) to enhance students’ English for Academic Purposes (EAP) skills and expand English Medium Instruction (EMI).
Anita Chun-Wen Lin   +2 more
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Authenticity in language testing: Some outstanding questions

open access: yes, 2000
This article is divided into two main sections. Following the introduction, Section II takes a look at the concept of authenticity and the way this notion has evolved in language testing and more recently in general education.
Lewkowicz, JA
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Sharing, collaborating, and building trust: How Open Science advances language testing

open access: yesLanguage Testing
The Open Science movement is taking hold around the world, and language testers are taking part. In this Viewpoint, I discuss how sharing, collaborating, and building trust, guided by Open Science principles, benefit the language testing field.
Paula M. Winke
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding Language Testing

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2012
Studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2012)
openaire   +4 more sources

On the Construct Validity of the Iranian Ministry of Health Language Exam (MHLE) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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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Testing theory of mind in large language models and humans

open access: yesNature Human Behaviour
At the core of what defines us as humans is the concept of theory of mind: the ability to track other people’s mental states. The recent development of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has led to intense debate about the possibility that ...
James W. A. Strachan   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Content analysis of levels and aspects of comprehension in West African senior secondary school examination

open access: yesReading & Writing, 2021
Background: Reading is one of the most complex and exclusively human mental activities. It is a foundational skill for all learning, whether at primary, secondary or tertiary levels.
Funmilayo M. Oguntade
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Book Review: Practical language testing (2nd ed.), Glenn Fulcher. Routledge (2024). pp. 364. Paperback: $48.99. ISBN 9781032447285 (paperback) [PDF]

open access: yes
The fields of testing and assessment are significant in language education and applied linguistics, involving an inextricable relationship with social change and technological progress. (Fulcher et al., 2022).
Eunjeong Park,Hassan Mohebbi
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Volume Introduction: Special Issue in Honour of James Dean Brown’s Five-Decade Contribution to Language Testing and Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
It is not every day, year, or even decade that a journal dedicates an entire issue to honour the contributions of an individual scholar in the field. The purpose of this Special Issue of Language Teaching Research Quarterly is to celebrate the work of ...
Christine Coombe,Tony Clark,Hassan Mohebbi
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Language testing [PDF]

open access: yesLanguage Teaching, 2007
07–449Barber, Richard (Dubai Women's College, UAE), A practical model for creating efficient in-house placement tests. The Language Teacher (Japan Association for Language Teaching) 31.2 (2007), 3–7.07–450Chang, Yuh-Fang (National Chung Hsing U, Taiwan), On the use of the immediate recall task as a measure of second language reading comprehension ...
openaire   +3 more sources

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