Academic and general language proficiency in post-entry language assessment
Linguistic predictors of domestic L1 student achievement in the first year of university education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22299296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordi Heeren (0000-0002-4412-5206, KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 175 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-297 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-0829 • E-ISSN: 1783-1490 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/itl.23004.hee |
| OpenAlex | W4403300544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 54 |
In higher education systems with no or low entry requirements for domestic students, post-entry language assessments (PELAs) are often used to detect at-risk students. This study investigates how two language proficiency measures relate to students’ academic achievement: an academic reading and vocabulary (ARV) screening test, and the computer test of the Interuniversitaire Taaltest Nederlands voor Anderstaligen (ITNA), a Dutch L2-entrance test. The ARV screening test, ITNA and its language in use subtest show moderate to weak correlations with achievement. While the ARV screening test selects a large potential at-risk group; the few students failing the ITNA, language in use or scoring lower than ‘very good’ on language in use have a higher risk of underperforming. When controlling for students’ background variables, only academic language proficiency remains a significant predictor. While academic language proficiency seems more appropriate as a PELA construct, general language proficiency may identify a small, but high-risk group
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
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