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New and not so new methods for assessing oral communication
(2015-11)
The assessment of oral communication has continued to evolve over the past few decades. The construct being assessed has broadened to include interactional competence, and technology has played a role in the types of tasks ...
Speaking an additional language: Can study abroad do the trick?
(2015-11)
The present article sets out to provide an overall picture of the acquisition of speaking abilities in a given
second language acquisition (SLA) learning context, namely study abroad (SA), so as to ascertain
whether SA ...
Issues in aligning assessments with the Common European Framework of Reference
(2014)
One of the main aims of the Common European Framework of Reference is to help providers and users of
assessments “describe the levels of proficiency required by existing standards, tests and examinations in
order to ...
Measuring the impact of CLIL on language skills: a CEFRbased approach for Higher Education
(2014)
Advocates of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) have extolled the virtues of this
approach to fostering both content and language alike. However, the generalised and varied
implementation of EMI (English as ...
Changing Methodologies in TESOL
(2015-11)
The Translation of Neapolitan mafia nicknames in the TV series 'Gomorra' into English and Spanish
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos, 2023)
This study deals with the translation for subtitling and dubbing of a type of Italian expression called contronomi traditionally used by members of the Neapolitan mafia. We have focused on this special kind of nickname ...
Revisiting pragmatic tests in the FL context: Towards interactive tests to examine speech act performance1
(2015-11)
The aim of this study is to explore the task effect of two different research methods, namely those of
interactive discourse completion tasks/tests (IDCTs) and role-play tasks (RPTs). The two research
methods employed ...
Book Review: Analyzing Digital Discourse: New Insights and Future Directions
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos, 2020)
Analyzing Digital Discourse: New Insights and Directions, edited by Bou-Franch and Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, provides orchestrated accounts of current trends in ‘digital discourse’, which seek to understand up-to-date ...
Vol 13 (2020) - Whole issue
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos, 2020)