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Analyzing media discourse on the development of the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in South Korea
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 1-14 - 2019
The purpose of this study is to analyze newspaper articles from three publications (Chosun Ilbo, Donga Ilbo, and JoongAng Ilbo) regarding a newly developed high-stakes English test in South Korea, the National English Ability Test (NEAT), from the viewpoint of critical discourse analysis. All of the articles were collected from online archives, and most were published between 2007 and 2012. The ev......
Interconnection between constructs and consequences: a key validity consideration in K–12 English language proficiency assessments
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 1-17 - 2022
In the US K–12 public school settings, each state’s annual English language proficiency (ELP) assessment, as part of an educational accountability system, has tremendous impact on English learner (EL) students’ academic paths and success. It is thus critical to establish a robust validation framework and empirical evidence to ensure that states’ ELP assessments are both appropriately interpreted a......
On the usefulness of CDA-based score reporting: implications for self-regulated learningAbstract In cognitive diagnostic modeling research, one area that has not had enough research interests is remedial learning or instruction based on the information provided by cognitive diagnostic assessment (CDA). The present study tries to address this research gap by looking into the usefulness of the fine-grained score reports based on CDA in two different ways... ...
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 11 Số 1 - 2021
Assessing Japanese junior high school students’ English achievement through computer-based testing in the classroom: a case of integrated reading-into-writing continuous task
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 1-23 - 2022
This paper describes the exploratory case and initial evaluation of the computer-based testing (CBT) prototype. The advantage of CBT over paper-based testing (PBT) is that it allows us to control the order of questions and provides test takers with continuous tasks capturing their thought processes. Additionally, their response process data such as response time (RT) can be obtained. Taking advant......
Teachers’ writing proficiency and assessment ability: the missing link in teachers’ written corrective feedback practice in an Iranian EFL context
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 - Trang 1-18 - 2017
Teachers’ writing proficiency and writing assessment ability and their role in improving writing instruction in second language learning classrooms are issues that have not been investigated empirically and rigorously. To bridge the gap, we investigated the writing proficiency, writing assessment ability, and written corrective feedback beliefs and practices of Iranian English teachers who gave fe......
Differential impacts of e-portfolio assessment on language learners’ engagement modes and genre-based writing improvement
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 1-19 - 2022
Portfolio assessment (PA) as an assessment for learning (AfL) alternative has been under-represented in second/foreign language acquisition (SLA) research literature. This study examined the potential impacts of electronic PA (e-PA) on English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners’ engagement modes in descriptive and narrative genres of writing on Moodle™. To do so, 56 university students were non-......
Fairness in assessment practices in online education: Iranian University English teachers’ perceptions
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 1-17 - 2022
Although fairness in assessment practices (APs) in traditional classes has gained noticeable attention in recent years, it has remained unexplored in online education (OE). Thus, this study explores Iranian university English teachers’ perceptions of fair APs in OE. For this purpose, 21 university English teachers from Lorestan University and Ayatollah Borujerdi University, Iran, were selected usi......
Language assessment in the new English curriculum in Iran: managerial, institutional, and professional barriers
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 1-18 - 2018
Assessment policies and practices are key to the success of curriculum innovations. Therefore, large-scale ELT innovations always include changes in assessment too. Thinking that Iranian students were not enabled to communicate in English after six years of English education in public schools, educational policy makers have recently embarked on a new curriculum that is thought to be a departure fr......
Assessing in-class participation for EFL: considerations of effectiveness and fairness for different learning styles
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 5 - Trang 1-19 - 2015
This study investigates the effectiveness and fairness of teacher-led assessment of students’ in-class participation and its effect on actual participation levels and language test scores, taking into account the diversity of second language learners’ learning styles. The level of participation was measured across ten criteria over a one-semester period in four classes of beginner/intermediate lev......
Students’ low proficiency in spoken English in private universities in Bangladesh: reasons and remedies
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 11 - Trang 1-31 - 2021
Students of private universities in Bangladesh are often found to be less competent in spoken English. Since the universities have adopted EMI (English medium instruction) policy, the prevailing linguistic condition on the campus is an “English only environment.” In this context, students are required to communicate in English both inside and outside their classroom, but they desperately struggle ......
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