Search Results - "Language Testing in Asia"

Language assessment literacy: what do we need to learn, unlearn, and relearn? by Coombe, Christine, Vafadar, Hossein, Mohebbi, Hassan

“…Recently, we have witnessed a growing interest in developing teachers’ language assessment literacy. The ever increasing demand for and use of assessment…”
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Demographic biases and assessment fairness in classroom: insights from Iranian university teachers by Rezai, Afsheen, Namaziandost, Ehsan, Miri, Mowla, Kumar, Tribhuwan

“…The literature indicates that the effects of sources of demographic biases on fairness in classroom assessment (CA) are under-researched in the Iranian higher…”
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The practice of online assessment in an EFL context amidst COVID-19 pandemic: views from teachers by Ghanbari, Nasim, Nowroozi, Sima

“…For many years, technology has been applied to improve the quality of language learning and teaching. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic accelerated…”
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How does anxiety influence language performance? From the perspectives of foreign language classroom anxiety and cognitive test anxiety by Zheng, Ying, Cheng, Liying

“…This study examined the relationships between students’ foreign language classroom anxiety and cognitive test anxiety and their College English Test Band 4…”
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The comparative effect of group dynamic assessment (GDA) and computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) on Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners’ speaking complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) by Ghahderijani, Behnoosh Heshmat, Namaziandost, Ehsan, Tavakoli, Mona, Kumar, Tribhuwan, Magizov, Rustem

“…This study attempted to check the impact of two dynamic assessment (DA) models on speaking CAF. DA, as opposed to static assessment, is conceived as an…”
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Demystifying Iranian EFL teachers’ perceptions and practices of learning-oriented assessment (LOA): challenges and prospects in focus by Derakhshan, Ali, Ghiasvand, Farhad

“…As a growing approach to assessment, learning-oriented assessment (LOA) has recently flourished to position learning at the center of assessment practices. It…”
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Using AI-based detectors to control AI-assisted plagiarism in ESL writing: “The Terminator Versus the Machines” by Ibrahim, Karim

“…The release of ChatGPT marked the beginning of a new era of AI-assisted plagiarism that disrupts traditional assessment practices in ESL composition. In the…”
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Probing into the influence of EFL learners’ self-assessment and evaluation apprehension in predicting their personal best goals and self-efficacy skills: a structural equation modeling by Ismail, Sayed M., Heydarnejad, Tahereh

“…Effective instruction and assessment are greatly affected by many factors. The ever-growing literature on assessment outlined some cognitive, social, and…”
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The interplay among self-assessment, using reflection for assessment, classroom enjoyment, and immunity: into prospects of effective language learning by Aldosari, Mubarak, Heydarnejad, Tahereh, Hashemifardnia, Arash, Abdalgane, Mohammed

“…Self-assessment and reflective thinking (RT) can arm learners to monitor and evaluate their learning progress. Despite the long history of the core of…”
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How to decrease Test Anxiety: a focus on Academic Emotion Regulation, L2 grit, resilience, and self-assessment by Alazemi, Asmaa Falah Theiyab, Jember, Biruk, Al-Rashidi, Anwar Hammad

“…Effective education and evaluation may be achieved when the mental and emotional health of the students being evaluated are taken into consideration. As a…”
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Formative vs. summative assessment: impacts on academic motivation, attitude toward learning, test anxiety, and self-regulation skill by Ismail, Seyed M., Rahul, D. R., Patra, Indrajit, Rezvani, Ehsan

“…As assessment plays an important role in the process of teaching and learning, this research explored the impacts of formative and summative assessments on…”
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The core of self-assessment and academic stress among EFL learners: the mediating role of coping styles by Jahara, Syed Farhat, Hussain, Mudassir, Kumar, Tribhuwan, Goodarzi, Ahmad, Assefa, Yalalem

“…While several studies have addressed the interconnections between self-assessment and academic stress, much uncertainty still exists about the mediating role…”
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The effect of academic emotion regulation on EFL learners’ core of self-assessment and academic buoyancy: a structural equation modeling by Heydarnejad, Tahereh, Ibrahim, Khaled Ahmed Abdel-Al, Abdelrasheed, Nasser Said Gomaa, Rezvani, Ehsan

“…Students are essential parts of society, and their mental health and emotional safety as well as a sense of purpose, achievement, and success are the major…”
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A scoping review of willingness to communicate in language education: premises to doubt, lessons to learn, and future research questions to examine by Kirkpatrick, Robert, Vafadar, Hossein, Mohebbi, Hassan

“…The assessment encompasses essential concepts and their related measures about the information gathered. The conceptualization within a study becomes…”
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Tapping the alphabets of learning-oriented assessment: self-assessment, classroom climate, mindsets, trait emotional intelligence, and academic engagement are in focus by Namaziandost, Ehsan, Kargar Behbahani, Hossein, Heydarnejad, Tahereh

“…This study investigates the role of self-assessment (SA), classroom climate (CC), and psychological variables in learning-oriented assessment (LOA) within…”
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Engagement in On-line Language Assessment: are test-taking skills, self-assessment, resilience, and autonomy critical? by Ritonga, Mahyudin, Shaban, Ahmad Abdulkareem, Al-Rashidi, Anwar Hammad, Chilani, Noam

“…Every decision made in the classroom has the potential to either help or hurt a student’s development as a learner. When students’ mental and emotional…”
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Language assessment literacy: an uncharted area for the English language teachers in Bangladesh by Sultana, Nasreen

“…Language assessment literacy (LAL) is a critical field for researchers, scholars, or anyone interested in improving the language teaching environment…”
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Development and validation of Foreign Language Teacher Support Scale (FLTSS) by Sadoughi, Majid, Hejazi, S. Yahya

“…Teacher support, as an essential type of social support and an important antecedent of many key outcomes in L2 learning, can significantly contribute to…”
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Constraints in employing learning-oriented assessment in EFL classrooms: teachers’ perceptions by Jalilzadeh, Kaveh, Coombe, Christine

“…Learning-oriented assessment has been called a practice that can be employed to increase the power of assessment practices in the classroom and one that has…”
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Learner-oriented assessment matters: testing the effects of academic buoyancy, reflective thinking, and learner enjoyment in self-assessment and test-taking anxiety management of the EFL learners by Nurjamin, Asep, Salazar-Espinoza, David-Eli, Saenko, Natalya, Bina, Elia

“…Students may better keep tabs on their own development by engaging in self-assessment (S-A), academic buoyancy (AB) construction, and reflective thinking (RT)…”
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