Recent language testing research investigates factors other than language proficiency that may be responsible for systematic variance in language test performance. One such factor is the test takers' cognitive styles. The present study was carried out with the aim of finding the probable effects of Iranian EFL learners' cognitive styles on their performance on communicative tests. For purposes ...

The restrictions imposed by the COVID 19 pandemic have forced educators and students worldwide to adapt online learning. Language teaching in L2 contexts also had shift mode without compromising quality of This paper examines perceptions as well performance participants involved International English Testing System (IELTS) course offered Middle East College, Muscat, Oman via MS Teams, an platfo...

recent versions of international high-stakes tests like toefl and ielts have made use of integrated tasks in addition to the traditional independent tasks in a claim to provide a more realistic estimation of the test takers’ language abilities. the present study aimed to investigate how test takers’ performance may differ on such tasks. as such, the test takers’ performance was compared on ielt...

This study was an attempt to explore the role of emotional intelligence on the whole andits components particularly problem solving in EFL learners’ listening comprehensionperformance in the IELTS tests. For this purpose, a total of 39 advanced learners homogenizedaccording to Oxford Placement Test took part in this study. Participants completed the IELTSlistening tests ...

Abstract The revived interest in the notion of ‘evaluative judgement’ higher education is motivated by commitment researchers and practitioners to effectively implement learning-oriented assessment cultivate this high-order cognitive ability develop students’ capacity for self-regulated learning. Recent studies have examined affordances constraints using exemplars evaluative judgement fields Ed...

the purpose of this paper was to see whether any significant relationship exists among efl learners’ autonomy, left/right brain dominance, and reading comprehension of the academic reading and general reading modules of ielts examination. to this end, 100 female efl learners were randomly selected from those who were attending ielts preparatory courses at a language school in tehran. all partic...