Vocabulary Size Required for the TOEFL iBT Listening Section

Automated Subscores for TOEFL iBT Independent Essays

Iranian TOEFL iBT and the IELTS Teachers’ Views on the Structure of the TOEFL iBT and IELTS Receptive and Productive Sections in terms of Dynamic and Static Assessment

This mixed-methods design study investigated Iranian TOEFL iBT and IELTS teachers’ views on thestructure of the TOEFL iBT and IELTS receptive and productive sections from the yardsticks of dynamic and static assessment. It also examined the conformity level of the receptive and productive sections of TOEFL iBT and IELTS to dynamic assessment and static assessment standards. To achieve the objec...

Assessment Model for Language Learners‟ Writing Practice (in Preparing for TOEFL iBT) Based on Comparing Structure, Vocabulary, and Identifying Discrepant Essays

This study aims to investigate if learners of English can improve computer-assisted writing skills through the analysis of the data from the post test. In this study, the focus was given to intermediate-level students of English taking final writing tests (integrated and independent responses) in preparation for TOEFL iBT. We manually scored and categorized the students’ writing responses into ...

Predicting the out-of-vocabulary rate and the required vocabulary size for speech processing applications

This paper describes an approach for predicting both the vocabulary size and the resulting out-of-vocabulary rate (OOV-rate) for a hypothetical extension of an existing text corpus. By splitting the original corpus into two different sub-corpora, vocabulary and OOV-rate can be determined for that special constellation. Average values are calculated for all combinations of sub-corpora and can be...

Is There Any Interaction Between Background Knowledge and Language Proficiency That Affects TOEFL iBT® Reading Performance?