A Comparability Study of Text Difficulty and Task Characteristics of Parallel Academic IELTS Reading Tests

Autor/in	Liao, Linyu
Titel	A Comparability Study of Text Difficulty and Task Characteristics of Parallel Academic IELTS Reading Tests
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 13 (2020) 1, S.31-42 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Tests; High Stakes Tests; Scores; Difficulty Level; Reading Tests; Test Format; Computer Software; Computational Linguistics; Test Items; Item Analysis; Test Construction; Comparative Analysis; Academic Language; International English Language Testing System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Lesetest; Testentwicklung; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Test content; Testaufgabe; Itemanalyse; Testaufbau; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Language tests; Englisch
Abstract	As a high-stakes standardized test, IELTS is expected to have comparable forms of test papers so that test takers from different test administration on different dates receive comparable test scores. Therefore, this study examined the text difficulty and task characteristics of four parallel academic IELTS reading tests to reveal to what extent the four tests were comparable in terms of text difficulty, construct coverage, response format, item scope, and task scope. The Coh-Metrix-TEA software was used for the text difficulty analyses and expert judgments were used for task characteristics analyses. The results show that the four reading tests were partly comparable in text difficulty, comparable in terms of construct coverage and item scope, but not comparable in terms of response format and task scope. Based on the findings, implications were discussed on test development and future research. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01