This study investigated the effects of two perceptually-based training paradigms in both the perception and production of English /e/ and /æ/ by Cantonese ESL learners with high and low listening and oral proficiency levels. Sixty-four subjects participated in the study, in which 22 (9 with high proficiency, H-HV; 13 with low proficiency, L-HV) were trained under High Variability Phonetic Train...

This research was conducted to investigate the effects of technology-assisted listening practice on MOODLE English-majored freshmen's proficiency as an alternative traditional teaching and learning English. An interesting question, however, how apply this mode English within Vietnamese context. In Vietnam, few studies have been carried out advantages disadvantages that university teachers stude...

Proficiency testing is an important ingredient in successful language teaching. However, repeated testing for course placement, over the course of instruction or for certification can be time-consuming and costly. We present the design and validation of the Versant Arabic Test, a fully automated test of spoken Modern Standard Arabic, that evaluates test-takers' facility in listening and speakin...

Proficiency testing is an important ingredient in successful language teaching. However, repeated testing for course placement, over the course of instruction or for certification can be time-consuming and costly. We present the design and validation of the Versant Arabic Test, a fully automated test of spoken Modern Standard Arabic, that evaluates test-takers' facility in listening and speakin...

Gender differences were analyzed across countries of origin and continents, and across mother tongues and language families, using a large-scale database, containing information on 27,119 adult learners of Dutch as a second language. Female learners consistently outperformed male learners in speaking and writing proficiency in Dutch as a second language. This gender gap remained remarkably robu...

In this paper we explore to what extent the difficulty of listening items in an English language proficiency test can be predicted by the textual properties of the item text. We show that a system based on multiple text complexity features can predict item difficulty for several different item types and for some items achieves higher accuracy than human estimates of item difficulty.

The present study investigated the effect of single and multiple genre movies on listening comprehension of upper intermediate language learners. To this end, a language proficiency test was administered to 40 male and female postgraduates of different majors attending International English Language Testing System (IELTS) classes and ultimately 25 upper intermediate language learners were selec...

The article proposes a research that shows digital technology for developing students’ proficiency in listening comprehension using the offered Internet resources, created learning site and well-known on-line apps as it is aimed. methods has been used to demonstrate finding of paper: questionnaires order analyze attitude with sites; tests getting progress competence; Student’s t-test statistica...

The debate as to whether or not listening skills can be used a testing device for measuring language proficiency—particularly grammatical competence—has been quite controversial issue the longest time. Yet, current research findings have entirely conclusive and sufficient either way. Hence, this particular study was conducted address problem given existing gap in field. Firstly, investigation s...