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Direct linkBaghaei, Purya; Christensen, Karl Bang – Language Testing, 2023
C-tests are gap-filling tests mainly used as rough and economical measures of second-language proficiency for placement and research purposes. A C-test usually consists of several short independent passages where the second half of every other word is deleted. Owing to their interdependent structure, C-test items violate the local independence…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Jeffrey Stewart; Henrik Gyllstad; Christopher Nicklin; Stuart McLean – Language Testing, 2024
The purpose of this paper is to (a) establish whether meaning recall and meaning recognition item formats test psychometrically distinct constructs of vocabulary knowledge which measure separate skills, and, if so, (b) determine whether each construct possesses unique properties predictive of L2 reading proficiency. Factor analyses and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Psychometrics, Language Tests, Recall (Psychology)
Janssen, Gerriet – Language Testing, 2022
This article provides a single, common-case study of a test retrofit project at one Colombian university. It reports on how the test retrofit project was carried out and describes the different areas of language assessment literacy the project afforded local teacher stakeholders. This project was successful in that it modified the test constructs…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Placement Tests, Language Teachers, College Faculty
Alpizar, David; Li, Tongyun; Norris, John M.; Gu, Lixiong – Language Testing, 2023
The C-test is a type of gap-filling test designed to efficiently measure second language proficiency. The typical C-test consists of several short paragraphs with the second half of every second word deleted. The words with deleted parts are considered as items nested within the corresponding paragraph. Given this testlet structure, it is commonly…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Items
Liu, Tingting; Aryadoust, Vahid; Foo, Stacy – Language Testing, 2022
This study evaluated the validity of the Michigan English Test (MET) Listening Section by investigating its underlying factor structure and the replicability of its factor structure across multiple test forms. Data from 3255 test takers across four forms of the MET Listening Section were used. To investigate the factor structure, each form was…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kotowicz, Justyna; Woll, Bencie; Herman, Rosalind – Language Testing, 2021
The evaluation of sign language proficiency needs to be based on measures with well-established psychometric proprieties. To date, no valid and reliable test is available to assess Polish Sign Language ("Polski Jezyk Migowy," PJM) skills in deaf children. Hence, our aim with this study was to adapt the British Sign Language Receptive…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Receptive Language, Sign Language, Language Proficiency
