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Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning، جلد ۱۷، شماره ۳۵، صفحات ۱-۱۴
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| عنوان انگلیسی |
Investigating the Reliability of the Reading Module of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology’s English Proficiency Test |
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| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
As a national high-stakes test of English proficiency, MSRT needs further scrutiny of reliability. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate different sources of variation that may impact the MSRT test-takers’ reading comprehension. Accordingly, some factors including the reading topics, item types, and participants’ general proficiency were delved into based on the scores obtained from 60 MSRT prospective candidates. Upon administering a sample of the reading subtest taken from a recent version of MSRT, the collected data was dichotomously scored and then analyzed in terms of internal consistency, inter-correlations, and causal patterns. The yielded results showed an overall reliability of 0.86 for the reading module, while a moderate interrelationship was obtained amongst the passages (r = 0.47) as well as the item types (r = 0.44). Furthermore, the Mixed ANOVA results demonstrated that topic and item type significantly affected the reading performance, whereas the proficiency factor did not play a conspicuous role in distinguishing the participants’ reading accomplishment. Both theoretically and operationally, the results reported through this study may stress the need for reconsidering the influence of such test-method facets as topic and item type in the MSRT reading subtest to upgrade the test’s unidimensionality and fairness. |
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| کلیدواژه‌های انگلیسی مقاله |
MSRT reading,Test reliability,Topic effect,Item type,Test bias |
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| نویسندگان مقاله |
Ali-Akbar Ariamanesh |
Assistant Professor, English Department, Science and Arts University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
Mohammad Hajimohammadi |
Assistant Professor, English Department, Science and Arts University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
Fereshteh Dehghan-Manshadi |
MA. in ELT, Science and Arts University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
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https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_19552_40054417c0524f30b16b6dacccadb83b.pdf |
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