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The Dirty Laundry of ESL Survey Research.

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Reid, Joy – TESOL Quarterly, 1990

Traces the formulation and norming of a questionnaire constructed for the self-reporting of English-as-a-Second-Language students on their preferred perceptual learning styles, focusing on the problem of reliability and validity in survey design. (CB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Language Research, Learning Strategies

A Long-Term Research Agenda for the Test of Written English.

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Stansfield, Charles W.; Ross, Jacqueline – Language Testing, 1988

Outlines research necessary for determining the validity and reliability of Test of Written English, an essay test that directly measures writing ability and complements Test of English-as-a-Foreign-Language's (TOEFL) indirect assessment of writing skills. Research should cover such aspects as construct, criterion-related, concurrent, content, and…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Language Research, Language Tests