Abstract:Language assessment with its eye-catching nature, casts its spell on many researchers, spurring on them to study its telling role in different arenas. The present study with a closer look to the realm, keeps one eye on two fresh approaches in assessment, namely convergent and divergent, and the other one on anxiety in a bid to slash its negative impact on students' performance. The researchers resort to a correlational method with Ex Post Facto design, along with different tests, to forward the foregoing aim; … Show more
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