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A review of four major CALL journals found 50% of articles targeting 'advanced' proficiency levels had learner populations of only B1 level

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? Burston and Arispe (2016) found that 50% of research articles in four major CALL journals targeting 'advanced' levels of proficiency had learner populations of B1 level only. → Boulton 2016

Evidence

Boulton 2016

Boulton, A. (2016). Quantifying CALL: significance, effect size and variation. In S. Papadima-Sophocleous, L. Bradley & S. Thouësny (Eds), CALL communities and culture – short papers from EUROCALL 2016 (pp. 55-60). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.eurocall2016.538

q1 · i? · review · r2

The review reports this second-hand finding, citing Burston and Arispe (2016), as an example of vague or unsubstantiated reporting in primary CALL research; the underlying study's design is not described here.

"Burston and Arispe (2016), for example, found that 50% of research articles in four major CALL journals targeting 'advanced' levels of proficiency had learner populations of B1 level only."

Discussion

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title A review of four major CALL journals found 50% of articles targeting 'advanced' proficiency levels had learner populations of only B1 level
description A review of four major CALL journals found 50% of articles targeting 'advanced' proficiency levels had learner populations of only B1 level
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2016
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