The Impact of Teachers' Training on the Reliability of Tests and Assessments in Governmental and Non-governmental Sections
الموضوعات : مجله بین المللی علوم اجتماعی
1 - Department of Foreign Languages, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: assessment, Teachers, Validity, Reliability,
ملخص المقالة :
Assessment is considered as one of the fundamental elements in the field of foreign languageacquisition. In order for communication take place, adequate number of vocabulary is needed to be known bythe learners. The salient role of vocabulary in the field of foreign language acquisition resulted in thepublication of several hundreds of papers and dozens of books. Due to the dominant role of vocabulary in thisarea, this research investigated two variables considered to be effective in the learning and retention of secondlanguage vocabulary: word exposure frequency, and elaboration of word processing. Word exposure frequencythat refers to the number of times the learners are exposed to a word in input was considered as one of theindependent variables, and elaboration of word processing that refers to the quality and richness of processingnew words in the textual input was considered as the second independent variable. Depth and richness of wordprocessing were investigated based on the involvement load hypothesis offered by Laufer and Hulstijn (2001).
