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Overestimation of LPI Ratings for Native-Korean Speakers in the TOEIC Testing Context: Search for Explanation TOEIC

Author(s):
Wilson, Kenneth M.
Publication Year:
2001
Report Number:
RR-01-15
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
62
Subject/Key Words:
Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), LPI Rating, Language Proficiency Interview, Multilevel Analysis, Native Speakers, Korean Speakers, Target Language Learning Rate

Abstract

An indirect assessment of this hypothesis was undertaken in a series of exploratory analyses involving section- and total-score means for native-language groups on the familiar, three-part version of the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM (TOEFL). Findings were interpreted as being generally, albeit indirectly, supportive of the developmental lag hypothesis, as well as of working assumptions underlying introduction and analysis of TOEFL native-language reference group means as group analytic variables. Needed lines of inquiry are suggested.

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