Language Testing
AHCI-ISI SSCI-ISI SCOPUS (1984-2023)
0265-5322
1477-0946
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Linguistics and Language
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The development of a new measure of L2 vocabulary knowledge With the increasing interest on the part of both researchers and language teaching specialists in the study of vocabulary acquisition by L2 learners, there is a need to have suitable instruments to measure learners' knowledge of words. The purpose of this article is to report on an investigation of a new test format, which was designed to go beyond conventional vocabulary test items - tha... ...
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Language assessment as social practice: challenges for research In this article I argue that a growing awareness of the fundamentally social character of language assessment challenges us to rethink our priorities and responsibilities in language testing research. This awareness has been brought about by the treatment of the social character of educational assessment in Samuel Messick’s influential work on validity, and by the intellectual changes tri... ...
Tập 18 Số 4 - Trang 333-349 - 2001
Do divisible subskills exist in second language (L2) comprehension? A structural equation modeling approachThis paper concerns the divisibility of comprehension subskills measured in L2 listening and reading tests. Motivated by the administration of the new Web-based English as a Second Language Placement Exam (WB-ESLPE) at UCLA, this study addresses the following research questions: first, to what extent do the WB-ESLPE listening and reading items measure different comprehension subskills? Sec... ...
Tập 25 Số 4 - Trang 435-464 - 2008
Examining differential item functioning trends for English language learners in a reading test: A meta-analytical approach In this study, differential item functioning (DIF) trends were examined for English language learners (ELLs) versus non-ELL students in third and tenth grades on a large-scale reading assessment. To facilitate the analyses, a meta-analytic DIF technique was employed. The results revealed that items requiring knowledge of words and phrases in context favored non-ELLs in grade 3, whereas it... ...
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Fitting the mixed Rasch model to a reading comprehension test: Exploring individual difference profiles in L2 reading The present study used the mixed Rasch model (MRM) to identify subgroups of readers within a sample of students taking an EFL reading comprehension test. Six hundred and two (602) Chinese college students took a reading test and a lexico-grammatical knowledge test and completed a Metacognitive and Cognitive Strategy Use Questionnaire (MCSUQ) (Zhang, Goh, & Kunnan, 2014). MRM analysis ... ...
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