K-LEx-Mc
The creation and validation of a multiple-choice vocabulary placement test for Spanish language learners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22299114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pablo Robles‐García (0000-0003-4780-8552, University of Toronto), Glen H Wallace (0000-0001-5576-8429, The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)), Claudia Sánchez‐Gutiérrez (0000-0001-8081-7528, University of California) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 174 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-165 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-0829 • E-ISSN: 1783-1490 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/itl.22008.rob |
| OpenAlex | W4307244303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
This study presents the development and validation of a 132-item Spanish-English bilingual multiple-choice vocabulary test based on the 3,000 most frequent lemmas that distinguishes between North American university students who satisfy the Foreign Language requirement and those who need to complete coursework. 819 students were assigned to one of the two 144-item forms of the preliminary test, which had 72 shared anchor items and other 72 form-specific items. Factor analysis was used to evaluate dimensionality and the Rasch model was used to select the items that best differentiated between these two student populations. This final form was administered to 213 students. Results showed high levels of unidimensionality, and the final form provided a Rasch reliability coefficient of 0.97
Coursework · Curse of dimensionality · English as a foreign language · Item analysis · Item response theory · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Natural language processing · Polytomous Rasch model · Psychometrics · Rasch model · Reliability (semiconductor) · Statistics · Test (biology) · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Text Readability and Simplification
Applying the Rasch Model
Statistical Rethinking
Explanatory Item Response Models
Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
Stan
Second Language Vocabulary Growth
The creation and validation of a listening vocabulary levels test
The Percentage of Words Known in a Text and Reading Comprehension
Mirt
The relationship between vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading/listening comprehension
How Large a Vocabulary is Needed For Reading and Listening?
A Rationale and Test for the Number of Factors in Factor Analysis
Factor analysis in the development and refinement of clinical assessment instruments.
BRMS
Lexical Coverage in L1 and L2 Listening Comprehension
The updated Vocabulary Levels Test
Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats
Limitations of Size and Levels Tests of Written Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge
English Loan Words of Japanese Elementary School Children and Their Mental Lexicon
Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test
Scoring Yes–No vocabulary tests
The Rasch wars
Predicting L2 reading proficiency with modalities of vocabulary knowledge
A Rasch-based validation of the Vocabulary Size Test
How much vocabulary is needed to use English? Replication of van Zeeland & Schmitt (2012), Nation (2006) and Cobb (2007)
A reassessment of frequency and vocabulary size in L2 vocabulary teaching
The I Don't Know Option in the Vocabulary Size Test
Receptive vocabulary knowledge in L2 learners of Spanish
Anxiety and the True Beginner-False Beginner Dynamic in Beginning French and Spanish Classes
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |