Implicit/ explicit knowledge constitutes a key distinction in the study of second language acquisition. This book reports a project that investigated ways of measuring implicit/explicit L2 knowledge, the relationship between the two types of knowledge and language proficiency, and the effect that different types of form-focused instruction had on their acquisition.
Chapter 8 Pathways to Proficiency: Learning Experiences and Attainment in
Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of English as a Second Language JENEFER
PHILP Introduction As outlined by Ellis in Chapter 1 of this volume, the linguistic ...
Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching language testing should have a copy of this book. The information, discussions, and reflections offered within the volume address major developments within the field over the past decades, enlivened by current "takes" on these issues. The real value of this collection, however, lies in its consideration of the past as a means of defining the future agenda of language testing.
... TSE TTW TWE UCLES USIA VPA Interagency Language Roundtable
International Language Testing Association Illinois Measure of Annual Growth in English International Second Language Proficiency Ratings Key English Test
Language ...
The book focuses on investigating pragmatic learning, teaching and testing in foreign language contexts. The volume brings together research that investigates these three areas in different formal language learning settings and focuses on different foreign languages. The book should be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in the area of second language acquisition.
ZOHREH R. ESLAMI and ABBASS ESLAMI-RASEKH Introduction Although
language proficiency is often listed as an area of interest for non-native English-
speaking teachers (NNESTs) in many papers (Mahboob, 2004; Medgyes, 1994; ...
The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both speaking and writing, reflecting the growing importance of learner corpora in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research. Identifying several desiderata for future research and practice, the volume presents a selection of original studies, covering a variety of different languages. It features studies that present very thoroughly compiled new corpus resources which are tailor-made and ready for analysis in LTA, new tools for the automatic assessment of proficiency levels, and new methods of (self-)assessment with the help of learner corpora. Other studies suggest innovative research methodologies of how proficiency can be operationalized through learner corpus data. The volume is of particular interest to researchers in (applied) corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, language testing and assessment, as well as for materials developers and language teachers.
Tense and aspect errors in spoken learner English Implications for language
testing and assessment Sandra Götz Justus Liebig University, Giessen
Language testing guidelines like the Common European Framework of
Reference for ...
Cross-National Perspectives on Integration Regimes
What is required to achieve civic integration and citizenship in nation states across the world? Should language testing be a part of it? This book addresses the urgent need to develop a fuller conceptual and theoretical basis for language testing than is currently available, to enable widespread discussion of this theme and the concomitant linguistic and cultural requirements. The policy proposals for civic integration have so far been conducted almost entirely at a national level, and with little regard for the experiences of a countries with long traditions of migration, such as the USA, Canada, the UK or Australia. At the same time, EU enlargment and the ongoing rise in the rate of migration into and across Europe suggest that these issues will continue to grow in importance. This book raises the level of discussion to take account of international developments and to promote a more coherent and soundly based debate. It will appeal to researchers and academics working in sociolinguistics and language education, as well as those working on language policy.
4 Inventing English as convenient fiction: language testing regimes in the United
Kingdom Adrian Blackledge 4.1 Introduction Until recently, debates about
language and languages were relatively rare in the United Kingdom. However, in
...
The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art account of issues related to teaching, learning and testing speaking in a second language. It brings together contributions by Polish and international scholars which seek to create links between theory, research and classroom practice, report the findings of studies investigating the impact of linguistic, cognitive and affective factors on the development and use of speaking skills, and provide concrete pedagogic proposals for instruction and assessment in this area. As such, the book will be of interest not only to second language acquisition theorists and researchers, but also to foreign language teachers willing to enhance the quality of speaking instruction in their classrooms.
Małgorzata Marzec-Stawiarska Abstract The article investigates foreign language
anxiety among advanced learners of English who are also MA students
specialising in EFL teaching. Past research results concerning the correlation
between ...
"The validation of language tests is widely discussed and expected, but only in recent years have researchers adopted a variety of innovative techniques for developing, assessing and validating specific tests of second or foreign language proficiency and their impact on education and society. Indeed, as the present volume clearly demonstrates, many different techniques for empirical analysis and types of evidence may be used to assess and interpret the validity of diverse aspects of language tests as well as the consequences they may have for language students, educators and society."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
3 Hypothesis Testing in Construct Validation SARA GUSHING WEIGLE and
BRIAN LYNCH This chapter describes an investigation of the construct validity of
the recently revised English as a Second Language Placement Examination ...
Discourse Approaches to the Assessment of Oral Proficiency
A collection of papers that document various dimensions of the ways in which the language learner and the language proficiency interviewer use language to accomplish oral language assessment tasks.
The policy described the speech of Black children as a separate language with
historical origins that differed significantly from other English varieties in the US. It
went on to state that since AAE1 is a language genetically linked to West African
...
Language proficiency testing with limited English-proficient students J. Michael O'
Malley Georgetown University Evaluation Assistance Center (EAC) East, Director
Abstract. There have been dramatic shifts in views on language proficiency ...
