ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST

Being a part of applied linguistics a language test plays an important role in a modern society. It is used for evaluating person’s language skills not only at educational establishments but also while acquiring citizenship or getting a job. The purpose of the article is the development of a special...

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Main Author: M. V. Makarych
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Belarusian National Technical University 2018-06-01
Series:Системный анализ и прикладная информатика
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Online Access:https://sapi.bntu.by/jour/article/view/205
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description Being a part of applied linguistics a language test plays an important role in a modern society. It is used for evaluating person’s language skills not only at educational establishments but also while acquiring citizenship or getting a job. The purpose of the article is the development of a special technique for language test estimation using Item Response Theory (IRT). Short historical review of methods for learning ability estimation is represented. Fundamental principles of Classical and Modern Test Theory is described. The author considers a linguodidactical test as a classical test that patterns four main principles by Kockota V. A. The methodology for the evaluation process of English linguodidactical test with the help of IRT is described in details. Such a linguodidactical test will take into account the level of tasks difficulty, the total amount of tasks, the level of person’s knowledge and testing conditions. This methodology helps to create a test that can assess the real grade of a person being tested.
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ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST
Системный анализ и прикладная информатика
language test
item response theory
classical and modern test theory
title ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST
title_full ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST
title_fullStr ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST
title_full_unstemmed ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST
title_short ITEM RESPONSE THEORY AS A TOOL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST
title_sort item response theory as a tool for the estimation of a language test
topic language test
item response theory
classical and modern test theory
url https://sapi.bntu.by/jour/article/view/205
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