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Direct linkAmber Dudley; Emma Marsden; Giulia Bovolenta – Language Testing, 2024
Vocabulary knowledge strongly predicts second language reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Yet, few tests have been developed to assess vocabulary knowledge in French. The primary aim of this pilot study was to design and initially validate the Context-Aligned Two Thousand Test (CA-TTT), following open research practices. The CA-TTT is a…
Descriptors: French, Vocabulary Development, Secondary School Students, Language Tests
Read, John – Language Testing, 2023
Published work on vocabulary assessment has grown substantially in the last 10 years, but it is still somewhat outside the mainstream of the field. There has been a recent call for those developing vocabulary tests to apply professional standards to their work, especially in validating their instruments for specified purposes before releasing them…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Test Format
Mizumoto, Atsushi; Sasao, Yosuke; Webb, Stuart A. – Language Testing, 2019
The knowledge about affix plays a vital role in the development of word knowledge and vocabulary acquisition. A test for diagnostic information on the level of affix knowledge would be useful in order to inform the test users of what learners have gained or lacked in this integral component of vocabulary knowledge. This paper reports the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, College Students, English (Second Language)
Mann, Wolfgang; Roy, Penny; Morgan, Gary – Language Testing, 2016
This study describes the adaptation process of a vocabulary knowledge test for British Sign Language (BSL) into American Sign Language (ASL) and presents results from the first round of pilot testing with 20 deaf native ASL signers. The web-based test assesses the strength of deaf children's vocabulary knowledge by means of different mappings of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, American Sign Language
Laufer, B.; Elder, C.; Hill, K.; Congdon, P. – Language Testing, 2004
This article describes the development and validation of a test of vocabulary size and strength. The first part of the article sets out the theoretical rationale for the test, and describes how the size and strength constructs have been conceptualized and operationalized. The second part of the article focusses on the process of test validation,…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Vocabulary Development
Peer reviewedRead, John; Chapelle, Carol A. – Language Testing, 2001
Presents a framework that takes as its starting point an analysis of test purpose, and then shows how purpose can be systematically related to test design. Argues that the way forward for vocabulary assessment is to take account of test purposes in the design and validation of tests, as well as considering an interactionalist approach to construct…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Language Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity
Peer reviewedBachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1996
Discusses the value of content considerations in the design of language tests and the implications of the findings of various investigations of content analysis. The article argues that content analysis can be viewed as the application of a model of test design to a particular measurement instrument, using judgments of trained analysts. (26…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Item Analysis
