Exploring Test Takers’ Perceptions and Characteristics in Predicting TOEIC Validity Arguments

• 영문명: Exploring Test Takers’ Perceptions and Characteristics in Predicting TOEIC Validity Arguments
• 발행기관: 한국영어평가학회
• 저자명: Minhee Eom Hyun-Ju Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『English Language Assessment』Vol.17 No.2, 55~77쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.12.31

영문 초록

TOEIC is one of the most impactful English proficiency tests in South Korea. This study examined test takers’ perceptions of TOEIC validity following the Assessment Use Argument (AUA) framework and further explored validity arguments’ interconnectedness and effects of test takers’ characteristics. A total of 106 employees of South Korean companies completed an online survey developed for this study, rating their opinions about TOEIC’s beneficence towards society and individuals’ English proficiency improvement, its uses in employment decisions, and score interpretation. In multiple hierarchical regression analyses, this study used the predictors of validity arguments and individual characteristics to predict three criterion variables: social beneficence (Model 1), individual beneficence (Model 2), and employment decision (Model 3). The validity predictors were entered first in step 1, followed by individual characteristics (age, gender, company size, and business partner types) in step 2. The results revealed diverse patterns and interconnectedness of significant validity predictors in three models. The prediction power of individual characteristics differed by models. Business partner types were a significant predictor of individual beneficence and employment decision, while gender was a significant predictor of employment decisions. Further discussions are presented from the perspectives of gender differences and the proxy of English proficiency.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. Literature Review

III. METHODS

IV. RESULTS

V. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION

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키워드

TOEIC validity AUA claims perceptions test-takers’ characteristics predictors validity arguments