This study compares students' foreign language proficiency according to several criteria and the role of English Admission Test (EAT). The predictive correlational research design, one quantitative methods, was used in this study. group consisted 81 undergraduate students studying Language Teaching Department a state university southern Turkey. Proficiency (TELP) developed by researchers EAT sc...

The study investigated the perceptions of students learning French as a foreign language in Malaysian public university. specific objectives were to examine: (1) self-reported proficiency level; and (2) their listening, speaking, reading writing skills French. Questionnaire data collected from 80 undergraduates enrolled Levels 1 2 courses. analysis showed that learners Level rated themselves ha...

The aim of the study was to examine needs and problems Thai vendors in employing English their workplace regarding training, subsequently create an training course enhance professional skills. subject present were 160 selling food drinks, clothes, accessories, souvenirs, other things at Indochina Market, Thailand. data collected by using a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics used analyze data...

This study explores the effect of explicit pronunciation instruction on enlarging listening vocabulary size. 115 learners English as a foreign language were recruited and received ten-week segments four skills (reduction, elision, intrusion assimilation). How was carried out described in details pre-test post-test form Listening Vocabulary Levels Test. It found that after instruction, learners’...

For three main reasons, assessment is a crucial part of ‘Language Teaching’. First and foremost, the offers teachers reliable foundation continuing points for planning developing lessons. Next, delivers instant feedback to gauge learners' progress enables students establish their goals. Additionally, contributes program evaluation, ensuring alignment curriculum teacher growth. Within realm list...

Language skills are needed at all times in every segment of social life. The level sound and correct Indonesian language differs for each individual. Testing a person's ability to speak both verbally writing can be done by undergoing the "Indonesian Competency Test." With this, one know proficiency adjust expected needs. Proficiency Test is means measure spoken written Indonesian. UKBI consists...

Improving the Arabic language of these students needs to be considered in strategy implementing environment, this case environment is a problem increasing proficiency, especially skills Modern Darussalam Langkat Islamic Boarding School which must achieved not only from speaking and writing only, but four are speaking, listening, writing, reading skills. Furthermore, purpose researchers conduct ...

Integrated writing is increasingly used in language assessment programmes. As a hybrid task, it requires students to coordinate different skills, i.e. listening, reading and writing, retrieve information from multiple sources, compose an essay for specific purpose. Tapping into the varied skills that contribute successful integrated especially beneficial low proficiency students. However, mecha...

The GTZAN dataset appears in at least 100 published works, and is the most-used public dataset for evaluation in machine listening research for music genre recognition (MGR). Our recent work, however, shows GTZAN has several faults (repetitions, mislabelings, and distortions), which challenge the interpretability of any result derived using it. In this article, we disprove the claims that all M...