Research
Predicated on Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development (ZPD), dynamic assessment (DA) integrates teaching with assessment in a single activity by providing mediation to help learners perform beyond their indepe...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:11
Published on: 10 July 2017
Short report
Integrated reading-into-writing tasks are increasingly used in large-scale language proficiency tests. Such tasks are said to possess higher authenticity as they reflect real-life writing conditions better tha...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:10
Published on: 28 June 2017
Research
Having been influenced by the trend of internationalization of higher education, most universities in Taiwan have implemented an English benchmark requirement for graduation, which requires students to demonst...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:9
Published on: 8 June 2017
Research
Since its publication in 2001, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages has exerted tremendous influence on language learning, teaching, and assessment in China. However, problems were also ide...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:8
Published on: 7 June 2017
Review
As perfectly summarised by Ida Lawrence, “Testing is growing by leaps and bounds across the world. There is a realization that a nation’s well-being depends crucially on the educational achievement of its popu...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:7
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
Marking of essays is mainly carried out by human raters who bring in their own subjective and idiosyncratic evaluation criteria, which sometimes lead to discrepancy. This discrepancy may in turn raise issues l...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:6
Published on: 4 March 2017
Research
The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001) has, over the past decade, come to be widely used as a reference tool for teaching, learning and assessment (Alderson 2002; North 2014...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:5
Published on: 28 February 2017
Research
The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) developed by Council of Europe has been gaining popularity since its publication in 2001, and reshaping the practice in language teaching, learning and assessm...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:4
Published on: 15 February 2017
Case study
Since the Japanese government has called for English to be taught through English (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2003), there has been increasing interest in English language ...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:3
Published on: 13 February 2017
Research
The present study examined the validity of a university-based speaking assessment (Test of Oral Proficiency in English, TOPE for short) in mainland China. The speaking assessment was developed to meet the stan...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:2
Published on: 6 February 2017
Research
A project has recently been proposed by the National Education Examinations Authority, P. R. China, to develop a national framework of reference for English language education, provisionally called China Stand...
Language Testing in Asia 2017 7:1
Published on: 31 January 2017
Research
Research studies (e.g., Phakiti, Language Testing 25(2):237–272, 2008a; Phakiti, Language Assessment Quarterly 5(1): 20–42, 2008b; Purpura, Learner strategy use and performance on language tests: a structural ...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:8
Published on: 19 December 2016
Research
This study investigated the consequential validity of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic exam, specifically focusing on washback upon learners’ test preparation strategies and s...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:7
Published on: 3 October 2016
Research
This study investigates the social impact of a policy requiring university graduates to pass an English proficiency test by examining the consequences of test use in the workplace in Taiwan.
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:6
Published on: 31 August 2016
Research
While numerous articles on Criterion® have been published and its validity evidence has accumulated, test users need to obtain relevant validity evidence for their local context and develop their own validity ...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:5
Published on: 4 July 2016
Research
English language writing is important in university entrance examinations in Japan and influences what learners and teachers do in English classes. This is especially noticeable in secondary education in Japan...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:4
Published on: 10 March 2016
Research
This study examined the factor structure of the Test of English for Academic Purposes (TEAP®) test—a recently developed academic English test measuring four skills among Japanese university applicants—and comp...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:3
Published on: 25 February 2016
Research
Placement testing is a crucial issue in Japanese universities. In the majority of language programs, classes are streamed by proficiency levels based on students’ placement test score for efficient instruction...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:2
Published on: 26 January 2016
Research
This study investigated the factor structure and factorial invariance of an English Placement Exam (EPE) from 1998 to 2011 to provide evidence for both the appropriateness of the test scores interpretations an...
Language Testing in Asia 2016 6:1
Published on: 21 January 2016
Research
This study examined the use of student-teacher interactions through dynamic assessment (DA) to diagnose and promote the learner’s comprehension on Chinese writing patterns. Debates over the uses of standardize...
Language Testing in Asia 2015 5:14
Published on: 25 November 2015
Research
Classroom assessment tasks and environment are central to supporting student learning, yet are under-studied at the tertiary level, especially in China’s test-driven culture. This study explores the relationsh...
Language Testing in Asia 2015 5:13
Published on: 1 September 2015
Research
The present study aims to investigate which variables affect English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ listening comprehension test performance. It examines two types of variables: (1) test formats and (2)...
Language Testing in Asia 2015 5:12
Published on: 26 August 2015
Research
Drawing on second language (L2) motivation constructs modelled on Dörnyei’s (2009) L2 Motivational Self System, this study explores the relationship between language testing experience and the motivation to le...
Language Testing in Asia 2015 5:11
Published on: 26 July 2015
Research
High-stakes tests have an immense washback effect on what students learn and affect the content of student learning. However, if students fail to recognize the abilities that the test developers intend to meas...
Language Testing in Asia 2015 5:10
Published on: 24 July 2015
Research
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 ...
Language Testing in Asia 2015 5:9
Published on: 11 July 2015
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