Exploratory factor analysis of congolese information technology graduates' employability: towards sustainable employment

M Héritier Nsenge, M Lucy Waruguru… - SAGE …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
High unemployment rates in many developing countries have prompted research to focus
on sustainability and inclusiveness of employment in line with the sustainable development …

Lexical knowledge and L2 general language proficiency: collocational competence and vocabulary size as determinants of lexical knowledge

A Masrai - Cognitive Processing, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the contribution of receptive collocational competence and receptive
vocabulary knowledge to L2 general language proficiency, and how well collocational …

A corpus-based word classification method for detecting difficulty level of English proficiency tests

LC Chen, KH Chang, SC Yang, SC Chen - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Many education systems globally adopt an English proficiency test (EPT) as an effective
mechanism to evaluate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speakers' comprehension …

The effect of proficiency on “non-native” EFL teachers' feelings and self-reported behaviours

JM Dewaele, P Leung - IAFOR Journal of Education, 2022 - eprints.bbk.ac.uk
The current study addresses the question whether the level of proficiency of teachers who
teach a “non-native” language, English, affects their attitudes, motivation, well-being and self …

LexArabic: A receptive vocabulary size test to estimate Arabic proficiency

A Alzahrani - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
Arabic is understudied in second-language research (L2) and lacks rapid and adequate
tools for measuring proficiency. Drawing inspiration from LexTALE and its extensions, this …

The Effect of Proficiency on Non-Native English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Practice in the EFL Classroom.

JM Dewaele, PPY Leung - IAFOR Journal of Education, 2022 - ERIC
The current study addresses the question whether the level of proficiency of teachers who
teach a" non-native" language, English, affects their attitudes, motivation, well-being and self …

Behavioral Cognitive Assessment Scrutinized in Language Testing and Vocabulary Size Test

Z Saeedi, H Ghanbar, M Rezaei - International Journal of Language Testing, 2024 - ijlt.ir
Despite being a popular topic in language testing, cognitive load has not received enough
attention in vocabulary test items. The purpose of the current study was to scrutinize the …

Writing Competence and Lexical Diversity in EFL Context of Hungarian and Jordanian University Students

A Naji, I Rawshdeh - IJOTL-TL: Indonesian Journal of Language …, 2024 - ijotl-tl.soloclcs.org
This study investigates the relationship between lexical diversity (LD) and writing
competence in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among 66 Hungarian and 64 …

Measuring language proficiency in Malay first and second language speakers

ST Lee - eprints.nottingham.ac.uk
Measuring language proficiency is essential in linguistics and psycholinguistics research
that investigate bilingual language processing (eg, Fromont et al., 2020; Sarrett et al., 2022; …