Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
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Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam IETNAM2017CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION1.1Chapter OverviewThis chapter begins with introduction to the study and explains aims of the present study. Then, the background to the study, statement of the problem and research questions are presented. Finally, it outlines chapters in the thesis.1.1IntroductionIn Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam the globalized world, all employers on a national as well as on an international scale always pay much attention to the foreign language skills of thInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
eir future employees, thus it can be noted that being able to speak one or more foreign languages is a prerequisite for each individual who expects toUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam untries all over the world. English is not only a means but also an important key to gain access to the latest scientific and technological achievements for developing countries such as Vietnam. Laos. Cambodia. Thailand and Malaysia.Furthermore, it can be observed that the number of native English s Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam peakers is from 400 million to 500 million: more than one billion people who have been using some forms of English. Many people have used English forInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
different purposes. English has become the official or second language of a majority of the countries around the world including India. Thailand. SingUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam litical commercial and educational need for Vietnamese people to be able to better communicate in English. In line with this aspiration, all Vietnamese tertiary institutions have accepted English as a compulsory subject as well as medium of instruction for academic purposes (Canh. 2009: Le, 2011; Nh Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam a. 2014; Tran, Griffia & Nguyen, 2010; Van, 2007). This development has given rise to the need to teach and measure students’ command of English at inInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
stitutional level. However, the issue that is often raised in relation to in-house language test is the validity of the test.According to Bachman (199UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam test scores, i.e., principally, testing should be concerned with evidence-based validity. Test writers need to provide a clear argument for test validity in assessing specific traits with reliable evidence to support the plausibility of this interpretative argument (Kane. 1992). Therefore, test vali Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam dation has been regarded as the most important role in test development and use and should always be examined at different educational levels (BachmanInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
& Palmer. 1996). Similarly. Cumming. Alister and Berwick (1998) also point out that validation in language testing and assessment plays a central rolUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam s it reveals strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum, appropriacy of the programme, students' promotion as well as teachers' evaluationValidity and reliability are the two most essential components of test validation as well as two most important characteristics of a good test. Test validity meas Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam ures what is intended to7measure while reliabilityis an assessment tool which produces consistent results (Bachman & Palmer, 1996). Although a reliablInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
e test may not be necessarily valid, a valid test is always reliable (Bachman, 1990; Henning 1989) because a test cannot be considered as valid unlessUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam validity of their in-house language tests and make valuable contributions to understand the concepts of test validation (Advi. 2003; Ayers. 1977; Cumming. 2004; Dooey & Oliver. 2002; Fulcher. 1997a; Sar, 2008; Huong. 2001 ; Lee & Green. 2007; Mojtaba, 2009; Moritoshi, 2001; Nakamura. 2006. O’Sulliv Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam an. Weir & Saville. 2002; Pishghadam & Khosropanah. 2011; Riari. 2013; Siddick. 2010; Wilson, 1999; Zubairi, 2001).On the other hand, there often haveInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
been a lot of gathered concerns in relation to the validity of in-house language tests from the educators and administrators who always raise a questUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam tic competence of test-takers. Similar concents also occur to the case of the AEPET. which is an important in-house language test of public universities in Vietnam. Bearing this in mind, the study aims to validate the validity of AEPET by focusing on tlưee crucial validity components: concurrent, pr Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam edictive and content validity. The study aims to examine the concurrent validity of the AEPET by looking at the relationship between the AEPET score aInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
nd a standardized international language test score, which is International English Language Testing Services (IELTS). Furthermore, the study investigUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam ast, the study focuses on content validity of the AEPET by accessing English language lecturers' judgments about the3AEPET in order to see whether the AEPET content reflects the knowledge and skills mentioned in the Advanced Educational Program (AEP) syllabus, as well as to find out to what extent A Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam EPET preparation adheres to crucial test preparation procedures before the examination is administrated.1.2Background to the StudyThe background of thInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
is research covers three areas related to context where the data for this study were collected. The first area focuses on the status of teaching and lUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam a public university in Vietnam. The last area presents information about the English course in the AEP.1.2.1 English Language Teaching and Learning in VietnamVietnamese Government considers education and training its top driver of socio-economic development. Thus, in recent years the Government has Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam proposed and implemented many new policies to promote education and training and to meet the demands of industrialization, modernization, and internatInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
ional integration (Van. 2007).The former Vice Chanman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture. Education. Youth, and Children said that ”111 UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam ourage innovative ideas in the content and teaching English method. If we are afraid of doing something wrong, we cannot reform” (as cited in Canh & Barnard. 2009, p. 22). He stated that English plays an important role as an international language because it is the key to4open a brilliant future for Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam each country in general and for Vietnam in particular. Crystal (2000) also stated that English language is used in a number of countries, serves someInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
times as the first language, sometimes as the second language or official language and sometimes as a foreign language. Sharing the same view. Hung (2UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam n Vietnamese educational system. English has become an international language and is the key for success in business, commerce and technological science.Bearing this in mind. Vietnamese Government introduced English nationally as a compulsory subject both at upper-high schools and secondary schools Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam and as an elective subject at primary schools in Vietnamese general educational system. Vietnamese educational system consists of three levels with 12Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
grades: primary level (horn grade 1 to 5 for children aged 6-11); uppersecondary level (from grade 6 to 9 for children aged 11-15); and upper- high sUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAKNONG THI HIEN HUONGINVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF THE ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENGLISH TEST AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN VI Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam 35 weeks per year. At the primary level. English is taught for 2 periods a week from Grade 3 to Grade 5 (age 8-10), making a total of 70 periods per year for each grade. Each period consists of 40 minutes. At the upper-secondary level. English is taught 3 periods per week from Grade 6 to Grade 8 (ag Investigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam e 11-13), totaling to 105 periods per year for each grade. In contrast, it is taught 2 periods per week in Grade 9 ( age 14), making the total 70 periInvestigating the validity of the advanced educational program english test at a public universiy in vietnam
ods per year. At the upper-secondary level (age 15-17). English is taught 3 periods a week, making the total of 105 period per year for each grade. FoGọi ngay
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