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Washback to learning outcomes: a comparative study of IELTS preparation and university pre‐sessional language courses
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In this article, the authors investigated whether dedicated test preparation classes gave learners an advantage in improving their writing test scores and found that learners benefited from instruction on a measure of academic writ...Abstract:
This study investigated whether dedicated test preparation classes gave learners an advantage in improving their writing test scores. Score gains following instruction on a measure of academic writ...read more
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第二语言习得研究 = The study of second language acquisition
TL;DR: Second language acquisition research has been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, with a focus on second language acquisition in the context of English as a Second Language Learning (ESL) programs.
Integration of ICT in language teaching: Challenges and barriers
Hadi Salehi,Zeinab Salehi +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the high school English teachers' perceptions of the factors discouraging teachers to use ICT in the classroom and developed supporting materials through ICT, and found that insufficient technical supports at schools and little access to Internet and ICT prevent teachers from using ICT and that shortage of class time was another important discouraging factor for teachers to integrate ICT into the curriculum.
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Do test design and uses influence test preparation? Testing a model of washback with Structural Equation Modeling
Qin Xie,Stephen Andrews +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce Expectancy-value motivation theory to explain the paths of influences from perceptions of test design and uses to test preparation as a special case of washback on learning.
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Impact and consequences of school-based assessment (SBA): Students’ and parents’ views of SBA in Hong Kong:
TL;DR: In this paper, two surveys were employed to explore students' and parents' perceptions of SBA and their perceptions of the impact of school-based assessment (SBA) on learning.
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Washback effects from a high-stakes examination on out-of-class English learning: insights from possible self theories
Ying Zhan,Stephen Andrews +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined how the revised College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) actually influenced Chinese non-English-major undergraduates' out-of-class learning by following three cases in one university from the day students began their college English study to the day they sat the examination.
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The study of second language acquisition
TL;DR: Second language acquisition research has been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, with a focus on second language acquisition in the context of English as a Second Language Learning (ESL) programs.
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The Study of Second Language Acquisition
TL;DR: Data, theory, and applications in second language acquisition research Glossary Bibliography Author index Subject index
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Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
TL;DR: For well over 100 years, researchers into the frequency distribution of vocabulary have been aware that some words occur more frequently than others as discussed by the authors, and they have been able to identify a pattern that is repeated in other kinds of texts.
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Individual Differences in Second Language Learning
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors survey the development in foreign language aptitude, motivation, learner strategies, and learner styles, and conclude with a review of taxonomies of such strategies and their trainability.
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Neural and adaptive systems : fundamentals through simulations
TL;DR: Data Fitting with Linear Models, Designing and Training MLPs, and Function Approximation withMLPs, Radial Basis Functions, and Support Vector Machines.