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Modulation of Predictive Coding in Auditory Paradigms of Varying Complexity in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 63, Issue 8, April 2026.
Event‐related potentials elicited in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and typically developing (controls), averaged across the F3, F4, Fz, C3, C4, and Cz electrodes. The upper panel displays the comparison between first‐ and second‐order complexity paradigms, averaging standard and deviant trials, with the baseline established previous ...
Francisco J. Ruiz‐Martínez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Acquisition and English Achievement at Grade Four Senior High School [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2018
This study aimed to explore the relationship between language acquisition and grade four senior high school (G4SHS) students’ achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL).
Mostafa Younesi   +2 more
doaj  

An Instructional Application of the Multiple-Choice Cloze: A Case Study in the EFL Classroom

open access: yesEnglish Language and Literature Studies, 2018
We explored using multiple-choice cloze (MCC) tests for classroom instruction. The practice of “testing leading teaching” is frequently criticized because it might distort the original teaching objectives. We do not primarily emphasize how to get high scores; instead, we show how to use testing techniques and teaching activities to provide feedback ...
Abby Deng-Huei Lee, Richard Jenn-Rong Wu
openaire   +2 more sources

Thickness Is More Than Affective Valence: Evaluative Language Through the Lenses of Psycholinguistics

open access: yesCognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Thick terms like “courageous,” “smart,” and “tasty” combine description and evaluation, contrasting with purely evaluative terms like “good” and “bad,” and descriptive terms like “Italian” and “green.” Thick terms intuitively constitute a special class of evaluative language; but we currently do not know whether the psycholinguistic effects of
Giovanni Cassani, Matteo Colombo
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Processing and Reading Comprehension: Contributions for the ESP Teaching

open access: yesThe ESPecialist, 2014
The objective of the study was to verify reading comprehension in English and strategic processing among 13 graduate students in health-related courses. Multiple-choice cloze test and reading protocols were used for data collection.
Fernanda Goulart Ritti Dias   +1 more
doaj  

Relationships of Linguistic Complexity and Accuracy to Functional Adequacy Across L2 English Speaking and Writing: Roles of L2 Proficiency and Task Type

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 322-335, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Most research into the relationships of linguistic complexity and accuracy to functional adequacy has focused on either spoken or written mode. The current study extended previous studies by investigating these associations across both modalities and how the nature of these relationships was influenced by learners’ L2 proficiency and task type.
Xiaojun Lu, Yui Suzukida
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Cloze Test to Determine The Proficiency Level of ESL Students

open access: yesAsian Journal of Assessment in Teaching and Learning, 2011
A well-constructed language test will yield useful information for admission, student placement, course evaluation and other concerns in language teaching, depending on the test objectives. This paper describes the development of a viable test instrument
Jeanette Lim, Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar
doaj  

DIDACTIC APPROACHES TO PRECLINICAL E-TESTING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of IMAB
There are three specific and key unknowns to e-testing didactics (e-testing) that distinguish it from traditional test didactics and must be addressed in the preparation of electronic tests: (1) does it test the one it needs to test (security), (2) does ...
Ilina Doykova
doaj   +1 more source

Vocabulary and reading comprehension : instructional effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
Bibliography: leaves 32-34Supported by the National Institute of ...
Jenkins, Joseph R.   +2 more
core  

MULTIPLE-CHOICE AND CLOZE TESTS: WHAT DO THEY REALLY MEASURE?

open access: yesRevista de Letras, 2002
<p>The objective of this article is to show the results of a MA research carried out from july 1995 to august 1996. The aim was to find out what mental process(es) a testee goes through, while taking a multiple-choice and cloze test, in order to arrive at a correct answer.
openaire   +2 more sources

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