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Self-Marking Meaning-Recall Vocabulary Levels Test #541

Sun, Nov 22, 14:00-15:00 JST | Zoom 9
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This presentation explains the limitations of the existing levels tests, and describes tests available at vocableveltest.org. Users select the wordlist (NGSL, SUBLEX), band size (100, 500, 1000), and the item format (meaning or form recall) of tests. Typed responses and dichotomously marked responses are downloadable. Incorrect responses are evaluated and valid answers are added to an answer bank. Classical test theory, item response theory analysis, and post-test interviews indicate the tests provide validation evidence.

Stuart McLean

Stuart McLean

Momoyama Gakuin University
Stuart McLean is an instructor at Momoyama Gakuin University. He holds two PhDs (Applied Linguistics and Medicine), an M.S.Ed. (TESOL), and British and Australian teaching licenses. He has published in Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, TESOL Quarterly, Language Testing, Language Teaching Research, System, Reading in a Foreign Language, and Vocabulary Learning and Instruction on the topics of testing, reading, listening, frequency-list creation, ESP, and vocabulary. He is a member of the Extensive Reading Foundation board and works on the Extensive Reading Foundation's Bibliography. He is currently working on the creation of a meaning-recall (English to Japanese) and form-recall (Japanese to English) tests with his colleagues (Jeff Stewart, Atsushi Mizumoto, Paul Raine), available at https://vocableveltest.org