scholarly journals Language Testing in China: Past and Future

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Xuelian Li
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Classroom Assessment ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Future Research Directions

Based on the articles written by mainland Chinese scholars published in the most influential Chinese and international journals, the present article analyzed the language testing research, compared the tendencies of seven categories between 2000-2009 and 2010-2019, and put forward future research directions by referring to international hot topics. Of all the seven categories of research topics, validity, performance test and China’s Standards of English Language Ability were three most popular themes, while classroom assessment, technology, rater/test taker differences and professionalization were much less popular. Except for research on performance test and technology, the other five aspects showed an increase in the second decade, with that of China’s Standards of English Language Ability rising the most dramatically. Referring to international research trends, the research predicted that validity, classroom assessment, China’s Standards of English Language Ability and professionalization, especially the ethics and social justice, might be the promising research topics for language testers.

Enhancing the English Language Ability of Postgraduate Research Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
Johnson Ocan
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Resource Setting ◽  
Low Resource Setting ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Good Writing ◽  
Research Students

The chapter discusses opinions about grammar as a prescriptive diction in academic writing. It also argues that the problem of personal pronouns can be used to analyze the language used by post-graduate students in low-resource setting and others whether in speech or writing, in non-literally discourse or literature. The chapter analyzes four maxims of good writing: Make your language easy to follow; be clear; be economical; and be effective. To successfully create knowledge, especially at postgraduate level, authors must communicate concisely to present their sense.

scholarly journals Mapping the TOEFL iBT ® Test Scores to China's Standards of English Language Ability: Implications for Score Interpretation and Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Spiros Papageorgiou ◽  
Sha Wu ◽  
Ching‐Ni Hsieh ◽  
Richard J. Tannenbaum ◽  
Mengmeng Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Score Interpretation ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Toefl Ibt

scholarly journals Indicators of Achievement in EFL Classes at a Taiwanese University

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Brent Allan Kelsen ◽  
Hsin-yi Liang
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Dependent Variables

Understanding the factors that contribute to student success is crucial for educators. This study estimated the indicators of success in the context of student achievement in university EFL courses in Taiwan. Data was collected from two classes of sophomore students and various student assessment aspects served as dependent variables: overall final grade, final exam score, oral test performance, and scores received on the listening, reading, and writing sections of the final exam. Explanatory variables included: years of English study, gender, part-time work, total hours studying English, participation in English-taught program, English language aptitude, first language ability, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, language anxiety, attendance, reading English for pleasure, and socioeconomic status. Pearson product-moment correlations were calculated and stepwise multiple regression analyses identified selections of variables that explained the dependent variables. Multiple regressions using the selected variables suggested that hours spent studying English, participation in the English taught program, first language ability, attendance and reading for pleasure were the most significant indicators of achievement. All models provided statistically significant moderate to strong explanatory power. Finally, this paper offers pedagogical considerations based on the results, as well as suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals The Emerging Proteomic Research Facilitates in-Depth Understanding of the Biology of Honeybees

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Zewdu Altaye ◽  
Lifeng Meng ◽  
Yao Lu ◽  
Jianke Li
Keyword(s):  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Biological Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Mechanistic Investigation ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Behavioral Physiology ◽  
Proteomic Research

Advances in instrumentation and computational analysis in proteomics have opened new doors for honeybee biological research at the molecular and biochemical levels. Proteomics has greatly expanded the understanding of honeybee biology since its introduction in 2005, through which key signaling pathways and proteins that drive honeybee development and behavioral physiology have been identified. This is critical for downstream mechanistic investigation by knocking a gene down/out or overexpressing it and being able to attribute a specific phenotype/biochemical change to that gene. Here, we review how emerging proteome research has contributed to the new understanding of honeybee biology. A systematic and comprehensive analysis of global scientific progress in honeybee proteome research is essential for a better understanding of research topics and trends, and is potentially useful for future research directions.

scholarly journals CAMPUR KODE BAHASA INGGRIS DALAM TUTURAN BERBAHASA INDONESIA PADA PROGRAM PW BANGET RADIO ELRIA BUANA JAMBI

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Ade Rahima ◽  
Repha Krisdianti
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

This research is aimed at describing two things, 1) the forms of English code-mixing in the Indonesian utterance on the program PW Banget by Radio announcer Elria Buana Jambi, 2) the factors of code-mixing of English into Indonesian language by Radio announcer Elria Buana Jambi. This research is qualitative descriptive with content analysis technique. The data of this research was acquired from the broadcast record of Radio Elria Buana Jambi and interview with announcer of Radio Elria Buana Jambi. The result of this research are. 1) the forms of code-mixing in the form of word, phrase, and clause are as follows: there are 38 quotations in the form of word pieces; there are 15 quotations in the form phrase pieces;  there are 2 quotations in the form of clause pieces; and the most dominant of code-mixing code occured is word pieces. 2) The dominant factor which causes the code-mixing by announcer of Radio Elria Buana Jambi is  the identification of role which covers social and registral which is derived from three causes: a) the choice of language is adjusted with the condition of broadcasting program;  b) the lack of English language ability of the announcer; c)  the use of uncommon English language by the youth (unconventional).

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