Byron Gong

This paper reports findings from an analytical study of how construct validity is reflected in national mandatory English graduation tests that have been widely conducted at universities in Taiwan and…

While national college English proficiency tests are being carried out in virtually all universities in Mainland China and some universities in Taiwan, test designers and college English teachers are rising…

teaching and testing. How to assess college students&#8217, speaking ability within TEFL teaching programs at universities has become more important during the past years.However, it remains a difficult task for…

This paper presents a critical discussion about the relationship between &#8220,language ability&#8221, in Bachman and Palmer&#8223,s AUA (Assessment Use Argument, 2010) test model and the common concept of language ability.…