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Kostin, Irene; Freedle, Roy – Language Testing, 1999
A study investigated whether examinees taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) attended to the text passages in the "minitalks" when answering the multiple-choice items (n=337) testing listening comprehension. Results support the construct validity of the minitalks, and also allow comparison between reading and listening…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Listening Comprehension