scholarly journals Face Validity Analysis of Revised English Proficiency Test for Aviation (EPTA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Kyung Ho Choi ◽  
Soo-Yoon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Proficiency Test ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Validity Analysis

THE INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OF THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES: BETWEEN TOEFL AND TOEIC

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Besin Gaspar ◽  
Yenny Hartanto
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
New Employees ◽  
The University ◽  
Higher Institutions

Recently the university students are required by their institutions to have the TOEFL score in the fisrt year or in the last year of their study before graduation. Some other higher institutions require their students to submit TOEIC, not TOEFL, before graduation. Companies, in the recruitment process, require the applicants to submit TOEFL score to show their level of English proficiency. The first question is which one is more appropriate for job applicants in the compay: TOEFL  or TOEIC. Another question for university students before graduation is whether to have TOEFL  in the first year or in the last year before graduation. This article aims at answering the two questions raised. The first part will give an overview of various versions of TOEFL  and  TOEIC  and the second part proposes the appropriate English proficiency test  for the recruitment process for new employees and for the university graduates, that is, TOEIC for the company  and TOEFL  for universities  and  colleges. 

Social Media-Specific Epistemological Beliefs: A Scale Development Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 478-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Celik
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Epistemological Beliefs ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
State University ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Validity Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Environments

Social media users should have a critical approach and look at any of knowledge in social media environments through a rational lens outside of their personal beliefs. In the era of posttruth, the rational lens concerns the epistemological beliefs that are about questioning the source of knowledge and perceive knowledge with criticism. The purpose of this study was to develop the social media-specific epistemological beliefs scale. The dimensions for the scale to be developed in the study were determined on the basis of a theoretical structure earlier proposed in the literature. The development of the social media-specific epistemological beliefs scale consisted of five stages: creating item pool, content and face validity analysis, construct validity analysis, reliability analysis, and language validity analysis. The study group created to analyze the construct validity of the scale consists of 432 preservice teachers who are studying in the education faculty of a large state university in Turkey. As a result of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the social media-specific epistemological beliefs scale was found to be composed of 15 items as a five-point Likert-type, which was fallen under three factors. Findings on the social media-specific epistemological beliefs scale showed that the scale was valid and reliable.

Test review: GEPT: General English Proficiency Test

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Roever ◽  
Yi-Ching Pan
Keyword(s):  
Proficiency Test ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Test Review ◽  
General English Proficiency Test

Undergraduates' Intentions to Take a Second Language Proficiency Test: A Comparison of Predictions from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Social Cognitive Theory

2010 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 798-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bih-Jiau Lin ◽  
Wen-Bin Chiou
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Social Cognitive Theory ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
General English Proficiency Test

English competency has become essential for obtaining a better job or succeeding in higher education in Taiwan. Thus, passing the General English Proficiency Test is important for college students in Taiwan. The current study applied Ajzen's theory of planned behavior and the notions of outcome expectancy and self-efficacy from Bandura's social cognitive theory to investigate college students' intentions to take the General English Proficiency Test. The formal sample consisted of 425 undergraduates (217 women, 208 men; M age = 19.5 yr., SD = 1.3). The theory of planned behavior showed greater predictive ability ( R2 = 33%) of intention than the social cognitive theory ( R2 = 7%) in regression analysis and made a unique contribution to prediction of actual test-taking behavior one year later in logistic regression. Within-model analyses indicated that subjective norm in theory of planned behavior and outcome expectancy in social cognitive theory are crucial factors in predicting intention. Implications for enhancing undergraduates' intentions to take the English proficiency test are discussed.

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