The present study sought to investigate whether there is any difference between topicalization processes in English and Persian structures among EFL learners.50 female students of Jahad Daneshgahi English Language Institute in Qazvin participated in this study. All of the participants were native speakers of Persian studying in Jahad Daneshgahi English Language Institute in Qazvin, Iran. The pa...

the present study investigated the effect of single and multiple genre movies on listening comprehension of upper intermediate language learners. to this end, a language proficiency test was administered to 40 male and female postgraduates of different majors attending international english language testing system (ielts) classes and ultimately 25 upper intermediate language learners were selec...

Multiple choice items are the most popular item format used in Senior High schools Ghana and even beyond for almost all subjects which mathematics is not an exception. The quality of constructed by classroom teachers essential. Stakeholders depend on results decision making. Little known about teacher made items. This study therefore sought to find out if multiple-choice meet criteria a good as...

Taking a test tends to improve the retention of the tested information. Additionally, taking a test often influences the later retention of non-tested information, provided such information is related to the tested information in a specific manner. To illustrate, recent research has demonstrated that multiple-choice tests containing competitive alternatives can improve retention of both tested ...

The present study aimed to investigate the use of multiple-choice test and error identification tests in testing grammar to find out the effect of test anxiety produced by the two types of test formats on learners’ performance. A sample of 36 students was randomly selected from the total population of 469 students who were in Matthayom 5 at Narathiwat School, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The ...

The main purpose of this study was to compare the strategies used by Chinesespeaking students when confronted with familiar versus unfamiliar topics in a multiplechoice format reading comprehension test. The focus was on describing what students do when they are taking reading comprehension tests by asking students to verbalize their thoughts. The strategies were further compared with participa...