Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something ....: Piloting a Computer Mediated Version of the Michigan Listening Comprehension Test.

Gorsuch, Greta J.; Cox, Tom

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ERIC Number: EJ616495

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something ....: Piloting a Computer Mediated Version of the Michigan Listening Comprehension Test.

Gorsuch, Greta J.; Cox, Tom

TESL-EJ, v4 n4 Dec 2000

Recounts the use of a computer-mediated proficiency test in an intensive international teaching assistant workshop. Both traditional raw score analyses and item response theory analyses done on the test data are described in detail. Indicated that the test was not suitable for making exemption and retention decisions with this particular group of students in this particular program. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Teaching Assistants, Test Items, Testing, Workshops

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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