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Investigating and Optimizing Score Dependability of a Local ITA Speaking Test across Language Groups: A Generalizability Theory Approach
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Shin, Ji-young – Language Testing, 2022
With the present study I investigated the sources of score variance and dependability in a local oral English proficiency test for potential international teaching assistants (ITAs) across four first language (L1) groups, and suggested alternative test designs. Using generalizability theory, I examined the relative importance of L1s (i.e., Indian,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
What Accounts for Integrated Reading-to-Write Task Scores?
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Shin, Sun-Young; Ewert, Doreen – Language Testing, 2015
Reading-to-write (RTW) tasks are becoming increasingly popular and have already been used in several high-stakes English proficiency exams, either replacing or complementing a prompt-based essay test. However, it is still not clear that what accounts for successful or unsuccessful performance on an integrated reading-writing task is owing to the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Test Items
Investigating the Relative Effects of Persons, Items, Sections, and Languages on TOEIC Score Dependability
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Zhang, Su – Language Testing, 2006
This study applied generalizability theory to investigate the contributions of persons, items, sections, and language backgrounds to the score dependability of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). I replicated and extended Brown's (1999) study of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), using data from two…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Generalizability Theory, English (Second Language), Scores