4枚の絵のセットを使ったスピーキングテストの開発研究 I

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The purpose of this study is to develop an objective way of evaluating speaking ability of students of English by using sets of four pictures originally invented by Upshur. In reference to the past literature, a test consisting of twenty sets of four pictures was invented. This test was conducted as a pilot test for forty-one high school students, focusing on the following three points : to solve a time limitation problem, to compare the relation between its results and the results of an interview test with a native speaker, and to see what pictures were easy to respond to as well as what pictures were difficult to respond to. The results suggested some instructions and pictures needed to be revised. The correlation with the interview test was 0.78. After the test was revised according to the results of the pilot test, it was conducted with another class to check the reliability of the test. Its average item discrimination index turned out to be 0.35. Also the results highlighted some test items with low item discrimination power and high item discrimination power. The results suggested, as well, that some test pictures may cause students to make errors through interference from their first language.
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