Factor Structure of the LanguEdge™ Test across Language Groups. TOEFL® Monograph Series. MS-32. ETS RR-05-12

Autor/inn/en	Stricker, Lawrence J.; Rock, Donald A.; Lee, Yong-Won
Titel	Factor Structure of the LanguEdge™ Test across Language Groups. TOEFL® Monograph Series. MS-32. ETS RR-05-12
Quelle	In: ETS Research Report Series, (2005), (53 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2330-8516
Schlagwörter	Factor Structure; Language Tests; Factor Analysis; Semitic Languages; Chinese; Spanish; Native Language; Error of Measurement; Test Items; Listening Skills; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Oral Language; Courseware; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Computer Assisted Testing; Markov Processes; Monte Carlo Methods; Goodness of Fit; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Language test; Sprachtest; Faktorenanalyse; Arabisch; Hebräisch; China; Chinesen; Spanisch; Messfehler; Test content; Testaufgabe; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Lernsoftware; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Markowscher Prozess; Monte-Carlo-Methode; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study assessed the factor structure of the LanguEdge™ test and the invariance of its factors across language groups. Confirmatory factor analyses of individual tasks and subsets of items in the four sections of the test, Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing, was carried out for Arabic-, Chinese-, and Spanish-speaking test takers. Two factors were identified, Speaking and a fusion of the other sections of the test. The number of factors, the factor loadings, and the factors' error variances were invariant in the three samples, although the correlations between the factors differed. The failure to find separate factors for each section of the LanguEdge test necessarily raises questions about the test's functioning that need to be resolved. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01