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Direct linkCulligan, Brent – Language Testing, 2015
This study compared three common vocabulary test formats, the Yes/No test, the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS), and the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT), as measures of vocabulary difficulty. Vocabulary difficulty was defined as the item difficulty estimated through Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis. Three tests were given to 165 Japanese students,…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary
