The Minimal English Test: A New Method to Measure English as a Second Language Proficiency

Autor/inn/en	Goto, Kenichi; Maki, Hideki; Kasai, Chise
Titel	The Minimal English Test: A New Method to Measure English as a Second Language Proficiency
Quelle	In: Evaluation & Research in Education, 23 (2010) 2, S.91-104 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0790
Schlagwörter	Listening Comprehension; English (Second Language); Language Tests; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Correlation; Scores; Language Proficiency; Reading Skills; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Cloze Procedure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverständnis; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Korrelation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Lückentext
Abstract	Maki, Wasada, and Hashimoto developed the Minimal English Test (MET), which is a five-minute English as a Second Language (ESL) test. The Maki Group has, since the development of the MET, investigated correlations between the scores on the MET and the scores on other ESL tests, the reliability of the MET, and what kind of ESL proficiency the MET measures. They found that there were statistically significant, relatively strong correlations between the scores on the MET and the scores on other ESL tests, that the scores on the MET were reliable, and that the MET, which appears to be a listening comprehension test, actually measures both reading and listening proficiency, rather than one or the other of them. The findings in this paper suggest that the MET, a radically time-saving test, can be used as a useful ESL test in ESL research as well as ESL classes. (Contains 6 tables, 3 figures, and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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