In order to determine the usefulness of the SPEAK test in predicting perceived ITA success in the classroom, this study poses the question, "Is the SPEAK test a reliable predictor of student perception of ITA teaching success as measured by student evaluations?" Multiple regression analysis was used to determine how well SPEAK scores would predict perceptions of ITA teaching success. The factors involved in the regression analysis were field of study, language/culture background, TOEFL score, AZTEQ score and SPEAK score. The existing research can be grouped into two general theoretical paradigms: the English Proficiency Theory (EP Theory) and the Cross-Cultural Conflict Theory (CCC Theory). The results of this study indicate that the SPEAK ...
At the University of California, Los Angeles, the Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP), an internally deve...
Speaking skill is marked as one of the most significant for language learning. The assessment of the...
This paper studies the relationship between communication skills, personality factors and performan...
A study examined how the SPEAK (Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit) Test is perceived by bo...
This dissertation follows an oral language assessment tool from initial design and implementation to...
In education world, testing is an important part in the teaching learning process. Both testing and ...
Committee members: Aygen, Gűlşat; Birner, Betty.Advisor: Macdonald, Doris.Includes bibliographical...
International teaching assistant (ITA) assessment for screening purposes has gained crucial importan...
A communicative competence orientation was taken to study the validity of test-score inferences deri...
textThis study investigated the construct of comprehensible English in the context of oral proficien...
This paper reports on a work-in-progress that examines a high-stakes teaching and oral language perf...
Abstract This study addresses the problem of appropriately assessing the spoken language ability ...
International teaching assistants (ITAs) are considered advanced English users with relatively high ...
This research study explores teacher and student perceptions to verify consequential validity and th...
International teaching assistants (ITAs) are considered advanced English users with relatively high...
At the University of California, Los Angeles, the Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP), an internally deve...
Speaking skill is marked as one of the most significant for language learning. The assessment of the...
This paper studies the relationship between communication skills, personality factors and performan...
A study examined how the SPEAK (Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit) Test is perceived by bo...
This dissertation follows an oral language assessment tool from initial design and implementation to...
In education world, testing is an important part in the teaching learning process. Both testing and ...
Committee members: Aygen, Gűlşat; Birner, Betty.Advisor: Macdonald, Doris.Includes bibliographical...
International teaching assistant (ITA) assessment for screening purposes has gained crucial importan...
A communicative competence orientation was taken to study the validity of test-score inferences deri...
textThis study investigated the construct of comprehensible English in the context of oral proficien...
This paper reports on a work-in-progress that examines a high-stakes teaching and oral language perf...
Abstract This study addresses the problem of appropriately assessing the spoken language ability ...
International teaching assistants (ITAs) are considered advanced English users with relatively high ...
This research study explores teacher and student perceptions to verify consequential validity and th...
International teaching assistants (ITAs) are considered advanced English users with relatively high...
At the University of California, Los Angeles, the Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP), an internally deve...
Speaking skill is marked as one of the most significant for language learning. The assessment of the...
This paper studies the relationship between communication skills, personality factors and performan...