News tagged with language test
'Language tests being misused': new study
A seminal article on language testing, co-authored by Dr Glenn Fulcher, a Reader in Education at the University of Leicester, argues that some agencies are using unsuitable language tests to achieve policy ends.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2011 |
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A second language gives toddlers an edge
Toddlers who learn a second language from infancy have an edge over their unilingual peers, according to a new study from Concordia University and York University in Canada and the Universite de Provence in France. As reported ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Neurological differences support dyslexia subtypes
Parts of the right hemisphere of the brains of people with dyslexia have been shown to differ from those of normal readers. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 25, 2009 |
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International research tests language tests
Unique Queen's University research will shed light on how motivation and anxiety affects language test scores, and on the relationship between the test scores and the social and educational contexts of the tests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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