This study investigated the effects of a 16-week reading instruction program with discourse structure graphic organizers (DSGOs) on the development of English reading comprehension among college-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A total of 340 first and third semester students of non-English majors at a Chinese university participated in this study. A DSGO completion test and ...

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This study aims to determine the most important difficulties that face graduate students while doing listening section of (iBT) TOEFL test. A sample 214 was selected from eight Jordanian universities during summer semester in academic year 2021- 2022. All participants studied English as a foreign language for more than fifteen years. The findings revealed lacking practice skill real-life events...

This research probes into the washback effects of TOEFL iBT (the Test English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) and how teachers in training institutions instruct preparation course Shanghai. The findings this article show that are supposed to transform general language skills teachable materials need be more aware cross-cultural learning problems. study points out has an influence bot...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the university admissions and proficiency testing landscape. One change been meteoric rise in use of fully automated Duolingo English Test (DET) for entrance purposes, offering test-takers a cheaper, shorter, accessible alternative. This rapid response study is first to investigate predictive value DET test scores relation students’ academic attainment, taking ...