Download or read book Investigating Test Delivery Modes Within Video conferenced English Speaking Proficiency Assessment written by Jin Soo Choi and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonverbal behavior is essential in human interaction (Gullberg, de Bot, & Volterra, 2008; McNeill, 1992, 2005). For second language speakers, nonverbal features can be helpful for successful and efficient communication (e.g., Dahl & Ludvigsen, 2014). However, due to the complexity of nonverbal features, language testing institutions have conventionally employed an asynchronous format (e.g., audio-only mode), focusing on the test-taker's verbal features. Recently, the advance in technology, and most importantly, the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) outbreak in late 2019 and early 2020, have accelerated the use of video-conferencing applications in educational contexts, including speaking tests (Nakatsuhara, Inoue, Berry, & Galaczi, 2021). Accordingly, the synchronous test delivery mode (video-conferencing), which presents test-takers' visual information, is a timely and necessary approach to addressing the impact of nonverbal features on L2 oral communication. In response to these issues, I investigated the comparability of different delivery modes of speaking proficiency assessment. This study aimed to understand the dimensionality of the measured speaking construct and the impact of test-takers' visual information on rater behavior. Two datasets were used to address the research goals: first dataset (i.e., dataset 1) included scores of 110 test-takers, assessed by eight trained raters; second dataset (i.e., dataset 2) included scores of 284 prospective international teaching assistants (ITAs), assessed by 12 professional and certified raters. I collected dataset 1, and English language learning and testing program at a Midwest University provided dataset 2. I used two quantitative techniques to analyze both datasets: confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Multifaceted Rasch model (MFRM) analysis. For dataset 1, I qualitatively analyzed the raters' verbal reports.Dataset 1 had an asynchronous format; all test-takers' performances were recorded for rating. Eight trained raters gave scores to the audio-recorded and video 1 mode (test-taker and test giver were displayed). Three weeks later, the raters assessed video 2 mode (only test-taker's visual information was displayed). Within one month, raters participated in a one-on-one semi-structured interview. Dataset 2 stems from an operational testing context. This dataset has only scores, as I borrowed the data from the operational English testing program at the university. The scores were first given by examiners in a synchronous format (Live mode) and later by raters in an asynchronous format (Recorded mode). CFA findings indicated the multi-dimensional aspect of the underlying construct of speaking for both datasets, but the high inter-correlations showed that these are associated. Findings of MFRM revealed that raters showed leniency when rating (a) video mode over audio-only mode (dataset 1) and (b) synchronous mode over asynchronous mode (dataset 2). Findings suggest that using the video-conferenced delivery mode may be beneficial. However, the degree of usefulness across video modes differed, and how the raters utilized test-takers' nonverbal behaviors (e.g., gaze) varied. Thus, I decided that further investigation is needed to sufficiently support the use of video-conferencing applications to complement the physical face-to-face delivery mode. Overall, future research is highly recommended regarding the standardization of scoring of nonverbal features about the types of video mode, which would assist with the practical and valid application of virtual speaking tests.
Download or read book ICT Based Assessment Methods and Programs in Tertiary Education written by Meri Yilan, Serpil and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education has revolutionized learning. Shifting beyond traditional mode of education, the integration of ICTs has become an advantage for students at tertiary education when used for the right purpose to enhance learning. The use of technology brings forth a flexible and accessible mode of education and bridges the gap of learning across borders. This enables students at tertiary level to have access to other universities and academic resource materials globally, thereby expanding their knowledge. Thus, it is crucial to consider the development of technology in education as part of a comprehensive pedagogical framework and take into account new developments in ICTs. ICT-Based Assessment, Methods, and Programs in Tertiary Education is an essential research publication that provides relevant theoretical frameworks and recent empirical research findings on integrating ICTs in tertiary education to enhance learning and allow students to take more control of their learning. Highlighting topics such as assessment, language learning, and e-learning, this book is ideal for teachers, professionals, academicians, researchers, administrators, curriculum designers, instructional designers, and students.
Download or read book Fundamental Considerations in Technology Mediated Language Assessment written by Karim Sadeghi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamental Considerations in Technology Mediated Language Assessment aims to address issues such as how the forced integration of technology into second language assessment has shaped our understanding of key traditional concepts like validity, reliability, washback, authenticity, ethics, fairness, test security, and more. Although computer-assisted language testing has been around for more than two decades in the context of high-stakes proficiency testing, much of language testing worldwide has shifted to “at-home” mode, and relies heavily on the mediation of digital technology, making its widespread application in classroom settings in response to the COVID-19 outbreak unprecedented. Integration of technology into language assessment has brought with it countless affordances and at the same time challenges, both theoretically and practically. One major theoretical consideration requiring attention is the way technology has contributed to a reconceptualization of major assessment concepts/constructs. There is very limited literature available on the theoretical underpinnings of technology mediated language assessment. This book aims to fill this gap. This book will appeal to academic specialists, practitioners, or professionals in the field of language assessment, advanced and/or graduate students, and a range of scholars or professionals in disciplines like educational technology, applied linguistics, and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).
Download or read book Recent Developments in Technology Enhanced and Computer Assisted Language Learning written by Zou, Bin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pace at which technology changes has created unique challenges in the integration of such technologies into language teaching and learning. Innovative pedagogies and strategies must be developed that adapt to these changes and accommodate future technological changes. Recent Developments in Technology-Enhanced and Computer-Assisted Language Learning is an essential research publication that focuses on technological influences on language education and applications of technology in language learning courses including foreign and second language learning. Featuring an array of topics such as artificial intelligence, teacher preparation, and distance learning, this book is ideal for teachers, language instructors, IT specialists, instructional designers, curriculum developers, researchers, education professionals, academicians, administrators, practitioners, and students.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing written by Paula Winke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-27 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners’ personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, and social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers.
Download or read book Re Vision and Re Form in English for Academic Purposes Contexts after the Pandemic written by Hande Işıl Işık and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the breakout of COVID-19, the current decade has brought a plethora of challenges and opportunities requiring a significant shift in our lives, most importantly, in the area of education. Throughout most of 2020, the pandemic presented many issues, requiring us to broaden our thinking and harness our creativity to develop and adopt solutions. At that time, the sudden shift did not leave us much time to reflect on these changes. We are now in a time of ‘great innovation’ within English for Academic Purposes (EAP) contexts. To this end, the volume shares the experiences and reflections of different stakeholders (including EAP practitioners, teacher trainers, assessment specialists and educational leaders) and their response to the unexpected challenges and opportunities brought about by the pandemic. The chapters specifically focus on how the pandemic has influenced and shaped our lives and future plans in the creation of our ‘new normal’.
Download or read book Assessing English Proficiency for University Study written by J. Read and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on strategies and procedures for assessing the academic language ability of students entering an English-medium university, so that those with significant needs can have access to opportunities to enhance their language skills.
Download or read book Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions written by Xiaoming Xi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is a state-of-the-art overview of advances in theories and practices relevant to the assessment of academic English skills for higher education admissions purposes. The volume includes a brief introduction followed by four main chapters focusing on critical developments in theories and practices for assessing reading, listening, writing, and speaking, of which the latter two also address the assessment of integrated skills such as reading-writing, listening-speaking, and reading-listening-speaking. Each chapter reviews new task types, scoring approaches, and scoring technologies and their implications in light of the increasing use of technology in academic communication and the growing use of English as a lingua franca worldwide. The volume concludes with recommendations about critical areas of research and development that will help move the field forward. Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions is an ideal resource for researchers and graduate students in language testing and assessment worldwide.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Assessing Speaking written by Sari Luoma and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking.
Download or read book Measured Constructs written by Cyril J. Weir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume establishes how English language constructs were measured in Cambridge English examinations over the period 1913 to 2012. An addition to the Studies in Language Testing series, this volume provides an overview of English language testing over the last century, with coverage of key theoretical and practical aspects of the assessment of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. It includes examples of the Cambridge English exams, old and new, and is the first volume to describe in a systematic way the different theoretical influences which have shaped the development of the constructs underlying Cambridge English exams in the last 100 years.
Download or read book Language Assessment Literacy written by Dina Tsagari and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of language testing and assessment has recognized the importance and underlying theoretical and practical underpinnings of language assessment literacy (LAL), an area that is gradually coming to prominence. This book addresses issues that promote the concept of LAL for language research, teaching, and learning, covering a range of topics. It brings together 14 chapters based on high-stakes and classroom-based studies authored by academics, professionals and researchers in the field. The text examines diverse issues through a multifaceted approach, presenting high-quality contributions that fill a gap in a research area that has long been in need of theoretical and empirical attention.
Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists written by and published by . This book was released on 1955-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
Download or read book The Co construction of Conversation in Group Oral Tests written by Fumiyo Nakatsuhara and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how language test-takers with different extraversion and proficiency levels co-construct interaction in group oral tests. It compares interactions across three tasks and between two group sizes. The findings offer useful implications for international language testing by enhancing our understanding of the group test construct.
Download or read book Task Equivalence in Speaking Tests written by Chihiro Inoue and published by Linguistic Insights. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By illustrating how small differences in the pictures could lead to unfair and misleading decision-making in task-based teaching and assessment, this book emphasizes the importance of demonstrating task equivalence before using tasks, and suggests the guidelines for avoiding using non-equivalent tasks.
