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Essentials Of Language Testing For Malaysian Teachers, Arshad Abd Samad
Essentials Of Language Testing For Malaysian Teachers, Arshad Abd Samad
Arshad Abd Samad
This is a chapter from a book on language testing that was written to address the need to use tests to not only measure language output or product alone but also to utilize tests as an impetus to language learning. This book is intended as a bridge between the more traditional concepts of testing and measurement in teaching English as a Second Language to one that is more contemporary and compatible with modern views of language learning and education.
Jaki Słownik Wybrać?, Robert Lew
How Do Polish Learners Of English Rate Bilingual And Monolingual Dictionaries?, Robert Lew
How Do Polish Learners Of English Rate Bilingual And Monolingual Dictionaries?, Robert Lew
Robert Lew
The topic of this paper is the evaluation by Polish learners of English of bilingual and monolingual dictionaries used by those learners. Data for the paper come from 712 Polish learners of English representing a broad range of EFL proficiency levels. Subjects were asked to rate two dictionaries: their dictionary of first choice and their dictionary of second choice. The effect of choice as a predictor variable is also explored. A tendency is revealed for the mid-level competence learners to give the lowest ratings to their dictionaries. Monolingual dictionaries were given significantly higher ratings than bilingual dictionaries. Subjects rated dictionaries …
Perception Of Place And Secondary Articulation Contrasts In Different Syllable Positions: Language-Particular And Language-Independent Asymmetries, Alexei Kochetov
Perception Of Place And Secondary Articulation Contrasts In Different Syllable Positions: Language-Particular And Language-Independent Asymmetries, Alexei Kochetov
Alexei Kochetov
This study investigated the perception of place and secondary articulation contrasts in different syllable positions by Russian and Japanese listeners. The consonants involved in the study were the Russian plain (velarized) and palatalized labial and coronal voiceless stops in syllable-initial and syllable-final positions at word boundaries. The findings revealed substantial asymmetries in the perception of the contrasts by both groups of listeners: With respect to positions, consonants in syllable-final position were characterized by lower correct identification rates and (less consistently) longer reaction time than the same consonants in syllable-initial position. Positional differences were accompanied by differences in segment-specific contexts. With …
Positional Markedness As A By-Product Of The Learning Situation, Alexei Kochetov
Positional Markedness As A By-Product Of The Learning Situation, Alexei Kochetov
Alexei Kochetov
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