Dan Douglas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Douglas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Douglas |
| SIGNATURE | DOUGLAS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7426-922X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Revisiting second language portfolio assessment in a new age
Assessment of Academic Language for Specific Purposes
A test of academic language ability is one that is intended to assess “the ability to operate successfully in the [language] used in the academic domain” (Davies, 2008, p. 1). Davies goes on to elaborate on academic language proficiency later in the book
Technology and Language Testing
The use of technology in language testing has been with us for many years—one could argue that allowing test takers to use pencils with erasers was a technological innovation at one time in language testing.
Assessing Language Using Computer Technology
In this article, we propose to follow up on the most recent ARAL survey article on trends in computer-based second language assessment (Jamieson, 2005) and review developments in the use of technology in the creation, delivery, and scoring of language tests. We will discuss the promise and threats associated with computer-based language testing, including the language construct in relation to computer-based delivery and response technologies; com…
Language for Specific Purposes assessment criteria
Typically in assessment of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), test content and methods are derived from an analysis of the target language use (TLU) situation. However, the criteria by which performances are judged are seldom derived from the same source. In this article, I argue that LSP assessment criteria should be derived from an analysis of the TLU situation, using the concept of indigenous assessment criteria (Jacoby, 1998). These criter…
Performance consistency in second language acquisition and language testing research
Arguing from the premise that a language test is a special case of a second language acquisition (SLA) elicitation device, I suggest that SLA and language testing share much common ground in terms of research methods, which have similar properties in that they are both used to make systematic observations of language performances from which inferences can be made about the state of a learner’s interlanguage ability underlying the performance. How…
Developments in Language Testing
In many ways, the year 1990 represented a watershed in language testing. In that year, the 12th annual Language Testing Research Colloquium took as its theme “A new decade of language testing research: Collaboration and cooperation.” The 1990 Colloquium was also dedicated to the memory of Michael Canale, whose work during the previous decade laid the groundwork for much of that of the 1990s. In 1990, a seminar sponsored by the Regional Language C…
Quantity and quality in speaking test performance
Scores on speaking tests are used as evidence of both learner language ability and the second language acquisition process, and most speaking tests include scoring rubrics to help ensure that ratings are reliable and reflect a theoretical construct of speaking ability. Nevertheless, it may be that similar ratings on a speaking test in fact represent qualitatively different learner performances. Such a situation would mean that interpretations of …
Analyzing oral proficiency test performance in general and specific purpose contexts
From school to university
Article From school to university: language policy and performance at the University of Khartoum was published on January 1, 1986 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1986, issue 61)
Wrestling with 'Context' in Interlanguage Theory
LARRY SELINKER, DAN DOUGLAS; Wrestling with ‘Context’ in Interlanguage Theory*, Applied Linguistics, Volume 6, Issue 2, 1 January 1985, Pages 190–204, http
Principles for language tests within the 'discourse domains' theory of interlanguage
This article considers an alternative framework for handling the language testing enterprise and proposes some tentative theoretical hypotheses concerning principles of language testing. It is the writers' view that taking account of the perspective of interlanguage domain engagement and contextualization in testing research, production and interpretation allows for a richer conceptualization of the language testing process
Revisiting second language portfolio assessment in a new age
Performance consistency in second language acquisition and language testing research
Arguing from the premise that a language test is a special case of a second language acquisition (SLA) elicitation device, I suggest that SLA and language testing share much common ground in terms of research methods, which have similar properties in that they are both used to make systematic observations of language performances from which inferences can be made about the state of a learner’s interlanguage ability underlying the performance. How…
Analyzing oral proficiency test performance in general and specific purpose contexts
From school to university
Article From school to university: language policy and performance at the University of Khartoum was published on January 1, 1986 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1986, issue 61)
Wrestling with 'Context' in Interlanguage Theory
LARRY SELINKER, DAN DOUGLAS; Wrestling with ‘Context’ in Interlanguage Theory*, Applied Linguistics, Volume 6, Issue 2, 1 January 1985, Pages 190–204, http
Principles for language tests within the 'discourse domains' theory of interlanguage
This article considers an alternative framework for handling the language testing enterprise and proposes some tentative theoretical hypotheses concerning principles of language testing. It is the writers' view that taking account of the perspective of interlanguage domain engagement and contextualization in testing research, production and interpretation allows for a richer conceptualization of the language testing process
From school to university
Article From school to university: language policy and performance at the University of Khartoum was published on January 1, 1986 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1986, issue 61)
Analyzing oral proficiency test performance in general and specific purpose contexts
Quantity and quality in speaking test performance
Scores on speaking tests are used as evidence of both learner language ability and the second language acquisition process, and most speaking tests include scoring rubrics to help ensure that ratings are reliable and reflect a theoretical construct of speaking ability. Nevertheless, it may be that similar ratings on a speaking test in fact represent qualitatively different learner performances. Such a situation would mean that interpretations of …
Developments in Language Testing
In many ways, the year 1990 represented a watershed in language testing. In that year, the 12th annual Language Testing Research Colloquium took as its theme “A new decade of language testing research: Collaboration and cooperation.” The 1990 Colloquium was also dedicated to the memory of Michael Canale, whose work during the previous decade laid the groundwork for much of that of the 1990s. In 1990, a seminar sponsored by the Regional Language C…
Language for Specific Purposes assessment criteria
Typically in assessment of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), test content and methods are derived from an analysis of the target language use (TLU) situation. However, the criteria by which performances are judged are seldom derived from the same source. In this article, I argue that LSP assessment criteria should be derived from an analysis of the TLU situation, using the concept of indigenous assessment criteria (Jacoby, 1998). These criter…
Performance consistency in second language acquisition and language testing research
Arguing from the premise that a language test is a special case of a second language acquisition (SLA) elicitation device, I suggest that SLA and language testing share much common ground in terms of research methods, which have similar properties in that they are both used to make systematic observations of language performances from which inferences can be made about the state of a learner’s interlanguage ability underlying the performance. How…
Assessing Language Using Computer Technology
In this article, we propose to follow up on the most recent ARAL survey article on trends in computer-based second language assessment (Jamieson, 2005) and review developments in the use of technology in the creation, delivery, and scoring of language tests. We will discuss the promise and threats associated with computer-based language testing, including the language construct in relation to computer-based delivery and response technologies; com…
Assessment of Academic Language for Specific Purposes
A test of academic language ability is one that is intended to assess “the ability to operate successfully in the [language] used in the academic domain” (Davies, 2008, p. 1). Davies goes on to elaborate on academic language proficiency later in the book
Technology and Language Testing
The use of technology in language testing has been with us for many years—one could argue that allowing test takers to use pencils with erasers was a technological innovation at one time in language testing.
Revisiting second language portfolio assessment in a new age
Computer Science (8 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 works) · Language assessment (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Interlanguage (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works)