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Test development is a crucial, yet difficult and time‐consuming part of any educational system, and the task often falls all on teachers. Automatic item generation systems have recently drawn attention as they can reduce this burden and make test development more convenient. Such systems have been developed to generate items for vocabulary, grammar, reading, and writing. However, the literature lacks...
In this article, the authors examine different ways of using the Internet to receive feedback, and discuss advantages of language learners’ use of the Internet to improve their own writing. In effect, the article elaborates on how Internet‐mediated corrective feedback (IMCF) can be used as an efficient tool by language learners to become competent writers. The authors show how artifact‐mediated options...
The present study was carried out to determine the effect of general vocabulary knowledge and gaining familiarity with the specific vocabulary content of a reading or listening comprehension test on a group of Iranian EFL learners’ reading and listening comprehension ability. Two groups of male and female English majors (N = 58) participated in the study. In one group (the treatment group), the participants...
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