Content Validity of Language Knowledge Sections of Four National Matriculation English Test Papers in China

• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Ming-Hao Jin Byoung-Man Jeon
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제19권 제4호, 31~53쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.12.30

영문 초록

This study attempts to analyze the content validity of the language knowledge sections of four National Matriculation English Test (NMET) papers administered in 2012 from the perspective of the New Senior English Curriculum Standards (NSECS) and the 2012 test syllabus in order to see to what extent the language knowledge sections of the NMET meet the requirements of the NSECS and specifications of the test syllabus. The results show that all items of the language knowledge sections of four NMET papers had relatively high content validity with its design corresponding to the requirements of the NSECS and the 2012 test syllabus in terms of basic grammar and grammatical use of vocabulary. However, some deficiencies were found which might affect the content validity of the NMET. Most test items of the language knowledge sections were multiple-choice questions so that the expected responses were limited to selected production responses. It is suggested that limited and extended production responses should be increased in order to improve quality of the language knowledge section. The types of test items should also be diversified to examine test takers' higher level oflanguage knowledge.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅱ. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

Ⅲ. METHODS

Ⅳ. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Ⅴ. CONCLUSION

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키워드

content validity language knowledge the National Matriculation English Test the New Senior English Curriculum Standards