Performance standards have important consequences for all the stakeholders in assessment of L2 academic writing. These not only describe level writing performance but also provide a basis making evaluative decisions on Such high-stakes role requires enhancement objectivity standard setting procedure. Accordingly, this study aims to shed light upon usefulness Objective Standard Setting (OSS) met...

This paper presents findings of a study of recognition vocabulary knowledge as a predictor of written Academic English Proficiency (AEP) and overall Academic Achievement in an English medium higher education program in an English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) context. Vocabulary knowledge was measured using a Timed YES/NO (TYN) test. AEP was assessed using an academic writing test based on IELTS....

Research on cross-linguistic comparisons of the neural correlates of reading has consistently found that the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG) is more involved in Chinese than in English. However, there is a lack of consensus on the interpretation of the language difference. Because this region has been found to be involved in writing, we hypothesize that reading Chinese characters involves this ...

The study investigated the perceptions of students learning French as a foreign language in Malaysian public university. specific objectives were to examine: (1) self-reported proficiency level; and (2) their listening, speaking, reading writing skills French. Questionnaire data collected from 80 undergraduates enrolled Levels 1 2 courses. analysis showed that learners Level rated themselves ha...