Journal•ISSN: 0265-5322
Language Testing
SAGE Publishing
About: Language Testing is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Language assessment & Language proficiency. It has an ISSN identifier of 0265-5322. Over the lifetime, 994 publications have been published receiving 50883 citations.
Topics: Language assessment, Language proficiency, Test (assessment), Psychology, Test of English as a Foreign Language
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TL;DR: This paper used a range of analysis techniques to present validity evidence and explore the equivalence of two revised and expanded versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLST) for language assessment and vocabulary research.
Abstract: The Vocabulary Levels Test has been widely used in language assessment and vocabulary research despite never having been properly validated. This article reports on a study which uses a range of analysis techniques to present validity evidence, and to explore the equivalence of two revised and expanded versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test.
1,013 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the concept of washback as an instance of the consequential aspect of construct validity, linking positive washback to so-called authentic and direct assessments and, more basically, to the need to minimize construct under-representation and construct-irrelevant difficulty in the test.
Abstract: Washback, a concept prominent in applied linguistics, refers to the extent to which the introduction and use of a test influences language teachers and learners to do things they would not otherwise do that promote or inhibit language learning. Some proponents have even maintained that a test's validity should be appraised by the degree to which it manifests positive or negative washback, a notion akin to the proposal of 'systemic validity' in the educational measurement literature. This article examines the concept of washback as an instance of the consequential aspect of construct validity, linking positive washback to so-called authentic and direct assessments and, more basically, to the need to minimize construct under- representation and construct-irrelevant difficulty in the test.
815 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a controlled production measure of vocabulary consisting of items from five frequency levels, and using a completion item type like the following, was presented: "The garden was full of fra flowers".
Abstract: It is important in the design of the vocabulary component of a teaching program that teachers are able to discover the state of their learners’ vocabulary knowledge. It is also important that researchers can draw on a variety of vocabulary measures to investigate the nature of vocabulary growth. This study focuses on a controlled production measure of vocabulary consisting of items from five frequency levels, and using a completion item type like the following.The garden was full of fra flowers.The controlled-production vocabulary-levels test was found to be reliable, valid (in that the levels distinguished between different proficiency groups) and practical. There was a satisfactory degree of equivalence between two equivalent forms of the test.
681 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an approach for vocabulary acquisition by L2 learners in the context of L2 language teaching and L2 learner's vocabulary acquisition, which is based on the work of both researchers and language teaching specialists in the study of vocabulary acquisition.
Abstract: With the increasing interest on the part of both researchers and language teaching specialists in the study of vocabulary acquisition by L2 learners, there is a need to have suitable instruments to...
460 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a literature review which seeks to answer four questions: 1) What is washback, 2) How does washback work, 3) How can we promote positive washback and 4) How to investigate washback.
Abstract: This article is a literature review which seeks to answer four questions: 1) What is washback? 2) How does washback work? 3) How can we promote positive washback? 4) How can we investigate washback...
377 citations