What Influences Speech-Language Pathologists' Use of Different Types of Language Assessments for Elementary School-Age Children?
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DOI: 10.1044/2021_lshss-20-00053
Abstract: Purpose This study reports on data from a survey of speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) language assessment practices for elementary school-age children. The objective was to investigate the regularity with which SLPs use different types of assessments… read more here.
Keywords: school age; elementary school; types assessments; language assessment ... See more keywords
A long walk to language assessment literacy: EFL teachers’ reflection on language assessment research and practice
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DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2019.1688779
Abstract: ABSTRACT Language assessment literacy (LAL), an important piece of language teacher education puzzle, has not fully fallen into place as many language teachers remain underprepared for bridging language assessment research-practice gaps in classrooms. Reflection, as… read more here.
Keywords: language; language assessment; assessment research; practice ... See more keywords
Patient and Service User Representation in Language Assessments on an Awake Craniotomy Pathway
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DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac200.058
Abstract: Awake craniotomy (AC) with language mapping facilitates maximal safe intracranial tumour resection whilst preserving neurological function [1], and is associated with increased postoperative patient satisfaction and quality of life [2, 3]. We examine patients’ preoperative… read more here.
Keywords: language assessment; assessment; assessment scores; language ... See more keywords
Critical language assessment literacy of EFL teachers: Scale construction and validation
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DOI: 10.1177/02655322211057040
Abstract: Critical language assessment (CLA) has been addressed in numerous studies. However, the majority of the studies have overlooked the need for a practical framework to measure the CLA dimension of teachers’ language assessment literacy (LAL).… read more here.
Keywords: assessment literacy; language assessment; language; critical language ... See more keywords
Local placement test retrofit and building language assessment literacy with teacher stakeholders: A case study from Colombia
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DOI: 10.1177/02655322221076153
Abstract: This article provides a single, common-case study of a test retrofit project at one Colombian university. It reports on how the test retrofit project was carried out and describes the different areas of language assessment… read more here.
Keywords: language assessment; test retrofit; language; test ... See more keywords
Test-taker insights for language assessment policies and practices
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DOI: 10.1177/02655322221117136
Abstract: test takers have no say about the content of tests and about the decisions made based on their results; worse, they are forced to comply with the demands of tests by changing their behaviour in… read more here.
Keywords: language assessment; test taker; language; insights language ... See more keywords
The vexing problem of validity and the future of second language assessment
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DOI: 10.1177/02655322221125204
Abstract: Construct validity and building validity arguments are some of the main challenges facing the language assessment community. The notion of construct validity and validity arguments arose from research in psychological assessment and developed into the… read more here.
Keywords: language assessment; construct validity; language; validity ... See more keywords
Language assessment in the new English curriculum in Iran: managerial, institutional, and professional barriers
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DOI: 10.1186/s40468-018-0061-8
Abstract: BackgroundAssessment 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… read more here.
Keywords: managerial institutional; curriculum; assessment new; reform ... See more keywords
Review of English language proficiency assessments for young learners; Editors: Mikyung Kim Wolf, Yuko Goto Butler; Publisher: Routledge, 2017; ISBN: 9781138940369; Pages: 295
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DOI: 10.14746/ssllt.2021.11.1.7
Abstract: Language assessment has recently attracted a great deal of attention of both researchers and practitioners, which is evidenced, among other things, by a number of well-known monographs (Brown & Abeywickrama, 2010; Coombe et al., 2012;… read more here.
Keywords: language testing; assessment; review english; language assessment ... See more keywords
An Extensive Knowledge Mapping Review of Measurement and Validity in Language Assessment and SLA Research
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01941
Abstract: This study set out to investigate intellectual domains as well as the use of measurement and validation methods in language assessment research and second language acquisition (SLA) published in English in peer-reviewed journals. Using Scopus,… read more here.
Keywords: research; language; measurement; sla ... See more keywords
Language Assessment Literacy of Teachers
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.864582
Abstract: Language assessment literacy (LAL) is a significant component of language teachers’ expertise but is also a challenging task for most language teachers. To date, there have been relatively few studies examining the research on teachers’… read more here.
Keywords: language assessment; teachers lal; language teachers; language ... See more keywords