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Does the Text Matter in a Multiple-Choice Test of Comprehension? The Case for the Construct Validity of TOEFL's Minitalks.

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Kostin, Irene; Freedle, Roy – Language Testing, 1999

A study investigated whether examinees taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) attended to the text passages in the "minitalks" when answering the multiple-choice items (n=337) testing listening comprehension. Results support the construct validity of the minitalks, and also allow comparison between reading and listening…

Descriptors: Construct Validity, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Listening Comprehension

The Relationship Between TOEFL Vocabulary Items and Meaning, Association, Collocation, and Word-Class Knowledge.

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Schmitt, Norbert – Language Testing, 1999

One way of determining construct validity of vocabulary items in language tests is to interview subjects directly after taking the items to ascertain what is known about the target words in question. This approach was combined within the framework of lexical competency in a study of the behavior of lexical items on the Test of English as a Foreign…

Descriptors: Associative Learning, Construct Validity, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries