Using Multiple-Variable Matching to Identify EFL Ecological Sources of Differential Item Functioning
Using Multiple-Variable Matching to Identify EFL Ecological Sources of Differential Item Functioning

Touraj Jalili; Hossein Barati; Ahmad Moein Zadeh

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, , Pages 1-42

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.36702.2794

Abstract
  Context is a vague notion with numerous building blocks making language test scores inferences quite convoluted. This study has made use of a model of item responding that has striven ...  Read More
Classroom Repair Practices and Reflective Conversations: Longitudinal Interactional Changes
Classroom Repair Practices and Reflective Conversations: Longitudinal Interactional Changes

Fatemeh Mozaffari; Hamid Allami; Golnar Mazdayasna

Volume 36, Issue 4 , 2018, , Pages 67-101

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.29384.2515

Abstract
  For many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers, working contingently with language learners' problematic learner contributions in classroom interaction remains a challenge. Drawing ...  Read More