Administration of high-stakes language proficiency tests has been disrupted in many parts of
the world as a result of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Institutions that rely on test …

ABSTRACT The Duolingo English Test (DET) is a computer adaptive test of English
proficiency that is increasingly used for English-medium university admissions purposes …

Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical
bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and …

This research report provides an overview of the R&D efforts at Educational Testing Service
related to its capability for automated scoring of nonnative spontaneous speech with the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the university admissions and proficiency testing
landscape. One change has been the meteoric rise in use of the fully automated Duolingo …

Although most international students arrive with required language qualifications, many
struggle with the linguistic demands of their programmes. This study explored whether the …

Desde la publicación, en 2008, del primer monográfico sobre aprendizaje de lenguas
mediante tecnología móvil (en inglés conocido con el acrónimo MALL: Mobile Assisted …

Picture description (PD) tasks are widely used in second language (L2) teaching, research,
and assessment to elicit and/or evaluate L2 learners' writing performance. However, there is …

Abstract Language assessment literacy has emerged as an important area of research
within the field of language testing and assessment, garnering increasing scholarly …

Early studies on motivation on second language (L2) learning gravitated toward the use of
quantitative instruments to measure learning achievement and persistence. This early …