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Dhyaaldian, Safa Mohammed Abdulridah; Al-Zubaidi, Sura Hasan; Mutlak, Dhameer A.; Neamah, Nour Raheem; Albeer, Ali A. Mohammed Ali; Hamad, Doaa A.; Al Hasani, Saad Fadhil; Jaber, Mustafa Musa; Maabreh, Hatem Ghaleb – International Journal of Language Testing, 2022
Cloze tests are gap-filling tests designed to measure overall language ability and reading comprehension in a second language. Due to their ease of construction and scoring, cloze tests are widely used in the context of second and foreign language testing. Previous research over the past decades has shown the reliability and validity of cloze…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Cloze Procedure, Reading Tests, Language Skills
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Yazdinejad, Anoushe; Zeraatpishe, Mitra – International Journal of Language Testing, 2019
In this study the validity of partial dictation as a measure of overall language proficiency was examined. Two partial dictation tests along with a C-Test, a cloze test, and a reading comprehension test, as criterion measures, were administered to a group of Iranian EFL learners. The coefficients of correlation between partial dictation and…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Verbal Communication, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Khoshdel, Fahimeh; Baghaei, Purya; Bemani, Purya; Bemani, Masoumeh – International Journal of Language Testing, 2016
In this paper we tried to demonstrate the validity of C-Test using construct identification approach. In this approach to construct validation the factors which contribute to item difficulty are identified. The assumption is that the factors which make items difficult are actually the construct underlying the test. For the purposes of this study,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Difficulty Level, Test Validity, Cloze Procedure
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Zare, Samaneh; Boori, Ali Akbar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2018
In this study, the cloze-elide test was developed and administered under time constraints. This research is aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the speeded cloze-elide test and investigate its relationship with reading comprehension, C-Test, and multiple-choice cloze test. Processing speed is a vital indicator to distinguish high to…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Timed Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Sheybani, Elias; Zeraatpishe, Mitra – International Journal of Language Testing, 2018
Test method is deemed to affect test scores along with examinee ability (Bachman, 1996). In this research the role of method facet in reading comprehension tests is studied. Bachman divided method facet into five categories, one category is the nature of input and the nature of expected response. This study examined the role of method effect in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Items, Test Format
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Fadaeipour, Anita; Zohoorian, Zahra – International Journal of Language Testing, 2017
The C-test as a measure of first and second language proficiency suffers from ceiling effect. That is, the C-test is very easy for native speakers and for advanced second language learners and many examinees obtain full scores. Therefore, the test cannot distinguish among advanced learners or native speakers. Speeded C-test is suggested as a…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency