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Assessing Speaking through Multimodal Oral Presentations: The Case of Construct Underrepresentation in EAP Contexts
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Louise Palmour – Language Testing, 2024
This article explores the nature of the construct underlying classroom-based English for academic purpose (EAP) oral presentation assessments, which are used, in part, to determine admission to programmes of study at UK universities. Through analysis of qualitative data (from questionnaires, interviews, rating discussions, and fieldnotes), the…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Public Speaking, College Students, Foreign Countries
Construct Validity and Fairness of an Operational Listening Test with World Englishes
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Nishizawa, Hitoshi – Language Testing, 2023
In this study, I investigate the construct validity and fairness pertaining to the use of a variety of Englishes in listening test input. I obtained data from a post-entry English language placement test administered at a public university in the United States. In addition to expectedly familiar American English, the test features Hawai'i,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Strategy Use in a Spoken Dialog System-Delivered Paired Discussion Task: A Stimulated Recall Study
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Gokturk, Nazlinur; Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny – Language Testing, 2023
With recent technological advances, researchers have begun to explore the potential use of spoken dialog systems (SDSs) for L2 oral communication assessment. While several studies support the feasibility of building these systems for various types of oral tasks, research on the construct validity of SDS-delivered tasks is still limited. Thus, this…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Dialogs (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Construct Validation of Bachman and Palmer's (1996) Strategic Competence Model over Time in EFL Reading Tests
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Phakiti, Aek – Language Testing, 2008
This article reports on a large-scale study that aims to validate the theory of strategic competence proposed by Bachman and Palmer (1996) through the use of structural equation modeling (SEM). The present study examines the relationship of test-takers' long-term strategic knowledge (i.e., trait strategies) and actual strategy use (i.e., state…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Measures (Individuals), College Students, Reading Achievement
The Underlying Factor Structure of L2 Cloze Test Performance in Francophone, University-Level Students: Causal Modelling as an Approach to Construct Validation.
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Turner, Carolyn E. – Language Testing, 1989
Analyzed Francophone university students' (N=182) performance on eight English-As-a-Second-Language cloze tests (in terms of cloze-taking ability, language knowledge, content domain, and knowledge of contextual constraints). Results revealed that cloze performance was dependent on language factors and nonlinguistic-specific knowledge related to…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Construct Validity, Context Clues
Revising and Validating the 2000 Word Level and University Word Level Vocabulary Tests.
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Hunt, Alan; Beglar, David – Language Testing, 1999
Analyzed and validated revised versions of the 2000 Word Level and the University Word Level of Nation's Vocabulary Levels Test, which can be administered for course planning and placement in language programs. Japanese high school and university students (n=496) completed four forms of the 2000 Word Test, and 464 completed four forms of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Content Validity, English (Second Language)