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Isler, Cemre; Aydin, Belgin – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
This study is about the development and validation process of the Computerized Oral Proficiency Test of English as a Foreign Language (COPTEFL). The test aims at assessing the speaking proficiency levels of students in Anadolu University School of Foreign Languages (AUSFL). For this purpose, three monologic tasks were developed based on the Global…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Construct Validity, Interrater Reliability, Scores
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Rezaeian, Mahbubeh; Seyyedrezaei, Seyyed Hassan; Barani, Ghasem; Seyyedrezaei, Zari Sadat – International Journal of Language Testing, 2020
Individuals are controlled by tests in every advanced society when they want to be admitted in educational courses, to proceed from one stage to the next, or to be given a certificate (Shohamy, 2001b). Accordingly, the present study was carried out to construct and validate educational, social, and psychological consequences questionnaires of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis
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Haidari, Sayed Masood; Uzun, Nezaket Bilge – Online Submission, 2019
This study reports on the development of a cooperative learning attitude scale for the EFL students based on expert reviews and examines its construct validity. Three rounds of expert reviews were conducted. In each round, five content experts reviewed the items and rated their relevance to the content domain and their comprehensibility. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Test Construction, Attitude Measures, Expertise
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Khamis, Abdelmoneim Hassan Adam – English Language Teaching, 2019
This case study of Al-Aqsa School attempts to show that Cambridge Young Learners English Tests (YLE) may hurt learners' motivation and teaching process. The paper aims to highlight the adoption of Cambridge YLE proficiency tests and explore learners and teachers' perception of those tests. Also, providing alternative yardstick measures learners'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Akay, Emel; Toraman, Çetin – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
Learning a language means not only studying four skills of proficiency, but also understanding the system of rules underlying. In this respect, learners' attitudes towards grammar are also of vital importance. The main objective of this descriptive study is to determine English language learners' attitudes towards grammar and to analyze these…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Grammar, Second Language Learning
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Sichani, Elham Fallahian; Tabatabaei, Omid – English Language Teaching, 2015
Many researchers were interested in validity of the language proficiency tests in the previous decades. The present study aims to study the construct validity of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology Reading Comprehension module (MSRT) in the Iranian context. After administering a standard language proficiency test (OPT) 65…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Reading Tests, Statistical Analysis, Factor Analysis