TOEIC Bridge Scores: Validity Evidence From Korea and Japan TOEIC ELA ESL EFL
- Author(s):
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Powers, Donald E.;
Yan, Fred
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Source:
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Powers, Donald E. (ed.) The Research Foundation for the TOEIC Tests: A Compendium of Studies: Volume II. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service, Sep 2013, p5.1-5.10
- Document Type:
- Chapter
- Page Count:
- 11
- Subject/Key Words:
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English Language Proficiency,
English Language Assessment (ELA),
TOEIC Bridge Test,
English Language Skills,
Test Validity,
Test Scores,
Korea,
Japan,
Listening Skills,
Reading Skills,
English as a Foreign Language (EFL),
English as a Second Language (ESL),
Test-Taker Performance
Abstract
SUMMARY: This study sought to compare TOEIC Bridge scores to test takers' self-evaluations of their own abilities to perform everyday language tasks in English. The results suggest that the test scores correlated well with test takers' self-evaluations, providing further evidence in support of the of TOEIC Bridge scores as valid and fair indicators of English-language proficiency.
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