Corrective feedback (CF) refers to a pedagogical technique that provides learners with information about their errors or mistakes and helps correct them. It can take the form of both oral written feedback. In this study, main focus is on corrective (OCF). Oral (OCF) enhance accuracy expression, which crucial for IELTS exam. However, incorrect usage might have negative impact students. This stud...

Recent language testing research investigates factors other than language proficiency that may be responsible for systematic variance in language test performance. One such factor is the test takers' cognitive styles. The present study was carried out with the aim of finding the probable effects of Iranian EFL learners' cognitive styles on their performance on communicative tests. For purposes ...

This study investigates the validity of a writing model proposed as the underlying structure of the writing skill in English as a foreign language (EFL). Four writing prompts were administered to 178 Iranian EFL learners. The scripts were then scored according to writing benchmarks similar to the IELTS Writing criteria but narrower in scope. After interand intra-rater reliability analysis, a th...

As one of the most commonly utilised assessment means English language, IELTS is attracting a sheer volume test candidates in China, which unambiguously has social implications China. This article briefly discussed impact including shift profession, life-changing potential and anxiety. At end this paper, there call for more body knowledge on impacts international examination such as towards eco...

this research chiefly focused on the application of mitigation strategies and traditional form of feedback in writing development of the fifth semester university students majoring in tefl and english translation fields based on vygotsky’s sociocultural theory in general and the notion of “zone of proximal development” in particular. to that end, this study relied on a pre-posttest experimental...