Learners’ proficiency correlates with constructional sorting and translation performance, countering a purely age-based explanation¶

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q2 i3 Across all participants, C-test scores moderately correlated with Cdev (r = .60, p < .001) and with translation scores (r = .52, p < .001). → Kim 2020

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Kim 2020¶

Kim, Hyunwoo, Rah, Yangon, & Hwang, Haerim. (2020). Testing usage-based approaches to assessing EFL learners’ development of English argument structure constructions. English Teaching, 75(s1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.15858/engtea.75.s1.202006.55

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Correlational analysis across all 169 participants, reported in the General Discussion to argue against age alone explaining the group differences: C-test scores correlated with Cdev at r = .60 and with translation scores at r = .52 (both p < .001).

"Across all participants, the C-test scores moderately correlated both with Cdev (r = .60, p < .001) and with translation scores (r = .52, p < .001), indicating that the participants’ performance in the sorting and translation tasks is closely aligned with their English proficiency."

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