Journal Archives
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Features of Connector Use in Chinese College English Students' Writing
This chapter introduces a study which investigates the features of connector use in Chinese nonEnglish major college students’ writing based on a home-developed learner corpus (3,908,816 tokens). The research findings re…
Online Invigilation of English Language Examinations: A Survey of China Candidates' Attitudes and Perceptions
Drawing on a previous large-scale study examining the reactions of past candidates to the use of online invigilation – or online ‘proctoring’ (OLP) – in the delivery of high-stakes English language examinations (Coniam e…
Interactional Competence and the Role 'Role Play' Plays: The LanguageCert Perspective
This article describes the importance of including the construct of interactional competence in speaking assessments, drawing mainly from the literature in the field of language testing. The coconstruction of meaning and…
Language Standards Frameworks and Language Assessment: A Codependent Relationship
The last two decades have witnessed language standards frameworks serving as guidance and the metric for the design and enactment of large-scale language assessment. In the United States (U.S.), federal legislation has a…
Cognitive Processes and Foreign Language Reading: Investigating Students' Test Taking Behaviour with a Reflective Questionnaire
Commonly, models of reading emphasize the relevance of cognitive processes and metacognitive strategies when it comes to reading comprehension. Although these models are derived from research into first language (L1) rea…
Eye-Tracking L2 Students Taking Online Multiple-Choice Reading Tests: Benefits and Challenges
Recently, there has been a marked increase in language testing research involving eye-tracking. It appears to offer a useful methodology for examining cognitive validity in language tests, i.e., the extent to which the m…
Washback Effect of the Achievement Test on English Teaching in Senior Secondary Vocational Schools in Beijing
Assessment reform has been one of the major concerns of English teaching reform in senior secondary vocational schools in China. The Achievement Test on English Teaching in senior secondary vocational schools in Beijing…
Vocational English Assessment in Senior Secondary Vocational Schools in China
This paper addresses the topic of English assessment in senior secondary vocational schools in the Chinese mainland. Studies are reviewed concerning the implementation of the concept of assessment proposed in the nationa…
The Design and Validation of an Online Speaking Test for Young Learners in Uruguay: Challenges and Innovations
This research presents the development of an online speaking test of English for students at the end of primary and beginning of secondary school education in state schools in Uruguay. Following the success of the Plan C…
Using Self-Assessments to Investigate Comparability of the CEFR and CSE: An Exploratory Study Using the LanguageCert Test of English
This paper reports on an exploratory comparability study between the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the China Standards of English (CSE). Established equivalences are exhibited via the La…
Equating Rasch Values and Expert Judgement Through Externally-Referenced Anchoring
This paper reports on the use of externally-referenced anchoring by LanguageCert as a methodology for calibrating language test materials and aligning test forms. The datasets used are taken from tests at each of the six…