Predicting Item Difficulty in a Reading Test: A Construct Identification Study of the Austrian 2009 Baseline English Reading Test

ISBN-13: 9783631812495 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 210 str.

Klaus Siller

Opis

This study investigates how cognitive and contextual characteristics of multiple-choice reading tasks impact empirical difficulty in a reading test. Results provide evidence of construct validity and are also relevant for teaching practice aiming at the teaching of reading strategies.

Spis treści

1 Introduction - 2 Political and Historical Context - 3 Approaches to Language Test Validation - 4 Item Content Analysis - 5 Statistical Analyses - 6 Results - 7 Conclusion

O autorze

Klaus Siller is a Senior Lecturer in English as a Foreign Language in the English Department at the Salzburg University of Education Stefan Zweig. His research interests are in all areas of foreign language teacher education and particularly in foreign language testing and assessment.