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Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad; Kaivanpanah, Shiva; Masjedlou, Ali Panahi – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
Background: A critical issue in International English Language Testing System (IELTS) lies in the significance of the validity of IELTS listening comprehension test (hereafter IELTS LCM). However IELTS listening validity has been investigated, it has not been investigated with reference to multiple sources of evidence regarding item internal…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension Tests
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Sims, James M.; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Testing in Asia, 2016
Background: This study investigated the factor structure and factorial invariance of an English Placement Exam (EPE) from 1998 to 2011 to provide evidence for both the appropriateness of the test scores interpretations and for a validity argument. Methods: Test performance data collected from 38,632 freshmen non-English majors from a university in…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Student Placement, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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In'nami, Yo; Koizumi, Rie; Nakamura, Keita – Language Testing in Asia, 2016
Background: This study examined the factor structure of the Test of English for Academic Purposes (TEAP®) test--a recently developed academic English test measuring four skills among Japanese university applicants--and compared the structure to that of the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based test (TOEFL iBT®), to investigate the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes
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Alavi, Seyyed Mohammad; Ghaemi, Hamed – Language Testing in Asia, 2013
The present study investigates the construct validation of Translation Competence Questionnaire (TCQ) in the context of Iran. For this purpose, one hundred ninety seven EFL learners, whose major was translation studies at Tabaran, Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran, were asked to participate in the study and fill in the questionnaire and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Translation, Competence