Troy Cox
Troy L. Cox is the Associate Director of the Center for Language Studies. He is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Brigham Young University and he is currently serving as the TESOL MA Graduate Coordinator. His research interests include second language teaching, learning and acquisition, language proficiency, self-assessment, testing and objective measurement.
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Journal Articles
Gates, G., Cox, T. L., Bell, T. R., & Eggington, W. (2020). Line, please? An analysis of the rehearsed speech characteristics of native Korean speakers on the English Oral Proficiency Interview—Computer (OPIc). Language Testing in Asia, 10 (1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40468-020-00110-5 (opens in a new tab)
Sims, M. E., Cox, T. L., Eckstein, G. T., Hartshorn, K. J., Wilcox, M. P., & Hart, J. M. (2020). Rubric Rating with MFRM versus Randomly Distributed Comparative Judgment: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Second‐Language Writing Assessment. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12329 (opens in a new tab)
Summers, M. M., Cox, T., McMurry, B. L., & Dewey, D. P. (2019). Investigating the use of the ACTFL can-do statements in a self-assessment for student placement in an Intensive English Program. System. 80, 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2018.12.012 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T. & Malone, M. (2018) A Validity Argument to Support the ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency. Foreign Language Annals. 51(3):548-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12353 (opens in a new tab)
Ma, R., Henrichsen, L., Cox, T. & Tanner, M. (2018) Pronunciation’s role in English speaking proficiency ratings. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation. 4(1): 73-102. https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.00004.ma (opens in a new tab)
Cox T., Malone, M., Winke, P. (2018) Future directions in assessment: Influences of standards and implications for language learning. Foreign Language Annals. 51(1): 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12326 (opens in a new tab)
Brown, A. V., Cox, T. and Thompson, G. L. (2017), A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Spanish Past Narrations From the ACTFL OPI and OPIc. Foreign Language Annals, 50(4): 793–807. https://doi:10.1111/flan.12302 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T. (2017) Understanding Intermediate-level Speakers Strengths and Weaknesses: An Examination of OPIc Tests from Korean Learners of English. Foreign Language Annals, 50(1): 84–113. https://doi:10.1111/flan.12258 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T., Bown, J., & Burdis, J. (2016) Elicited imitation as a predictor of language proficiency for learners of Russian. Russian Language Journal, 66(1): 51-88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26433051 (opens in a new tab)
Thompson, G., Cox, T. & Knapp, N. (2016) Comparing the OPI and the OPIc: The effect of test method on oral proficiency scores and student preferences. Foreign Language Annals, 49(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12178 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T., Bown, J., & Burdis, J., (2015) Exploring proficiency-based versus language for specific purposes items with elicited imitation assessment. Foreign Language Annals, 48(3), 350-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12152 (opens in a new tab)
Mariana, V., Cox, T. & Melby, A. (2015) The Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM) framework: A new framework for translation quality assessment. The Journal of Specialised Translation., 23(1), 137-161. https://www.jostrans.org/issue23/art_melby.pdf (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T. & Clifford, R. (2014). Empirical validation of listening proficiency guidelines. Foreign Language Annals, 47(3), 379-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12096 (opens in a new tab)
Brown, A., Dewey, D. & Cox, T. (2014). Assessing the Validity of Can-Do Statements in Retrospective (Then-Now) Self-Assessment. Foreign Language Annals, 47(2), 261-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12082 (opens in a new tab)
Evans, N., Hartshorn, K. J., Cox, T. & Martin, T. (2014) Measures of written linguistic accuracy: Questions of reliability, validity, and practicality. Journal of Second Language Writing, 24(1), 33-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2014.02.005 (opens in a new tab)
Eggington, W. & Cox, T. (2013). Using elicited oral response testing to measure speaking and listening proficiency in order to determine the need for an interpreter. Harvard Latino Law Review. 16(1), 127-145. https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hllr16&id=133 (opens in a new tab)
Clifford, R. & Cox, T. (2013). Empirical validation of reading proficiency guidelines. Foreign Language Annals, 40(1), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12033 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T. & Davies, R. (2012) Using automatic speech recognition technology with elicited oral response testing. CALICO Journal, 29(4), 601-618. https://www.jstor.org/stable/calicojournal.29.4.601 (opens in a new tab)
Book Chapters
Brown, A., Cox, T. & Thompson, G. (expected February 2021) ACTFL OPIc Question Prompt and Advanced Spanish Proficiency. In M. Menke & P. Malovrh (Eds.) Advancedness in Second Language Spanish: Definitions, Challenges, and Possibilities. John Benjamins Publishing.
Cox, T. & Dewey, D. (2020) Chapter 36: Measuring one's own language development (self-assessment). (pp. 382-390). In P. Winke & T. Brunfaut (Eds.) Routledge Handbook on Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing
Cox, T. L., Bown, J., & Bell, T. R. (2019). In Advanced L2 Reading Proficiency Assessments, Should the Question Language Be in the L1 or the L2?: Does It Make a Difference?. In P. Winke & S. Gass (Eds.) Foreign Language Proficiency in Higher Education (pp. 117-136). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01006-5 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T. L., & Davies, R. S. (2016). From Standards to Rubrics: Comparing Full-Range to At-Level Applications of an Item-Level Scoring Rubric on an Oral Proficiency Assessment. In Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2015 Conference Proceedings (pp. 215-238). Springer Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-1687-5_14 (opens in a new tab)
Dewey, D., Clifford, R & Cox, T. (2015) L1, L2, and Cognitive Development: Exploring Relationships. In T. Brown and J. Bown (Eds.) To Advanced Proficiency and Beyond: Theory and Methods for Developing Superior Second-Language Ability, Georgetown University Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275020178 (opens in a new tab)
Cox, T., McMurry, B. & McCollum, R. (2010) iDeas for iPods, in B. Baurain & P. Ha (Eds.) TESOL Classroom Practice Series on Multilevel/Mixed-Ability Settings (pp. 93-100). TESOL Classroom Practice Series.
Cox, T. (1995) Internet movie database, In M. Warschauer (Ed.) Virtual Connections: Online Activities and Projects for Networking (pp. 283–285), Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii Press.
