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- Title
Evaluation of an in-depth vocabulary knowledge measure for assessing reading performance.
- Authors
Qian, David D.; Schedl, Mary
- Abstract
The central purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate an in-depth vocabulary knowledge measure in the context of developing the new TOEFL test. The study was carried out with a sample of 207 international students attending an intensive English as a second language (ESL) program in a major Canadian university, in order to determine whether this vocabulary knowledge measure could provide a basis for developing appropriate and useful item types for assessing test-takers' reading comprehension. The results indicate that, compared with existing TOEFL vocabulary measures, the new measure has a similar difficulty level and provides a similar amount of prediction of test-takers' reading performance.
- Subjects
VOCABULARY tests; READING; EXAMINATIONS; ENGLISH language; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Language Testing, 2004, Vol 21, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
0265-5322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1191/0265532204lt273oa