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A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests

Malaysian students are normally required to show a certain level of English language proficiency before they are offered a place by a local institution of higher learning. One of the examinations conducted to ascertain their level of proficiency is the Malaysian University English Test (MUET). Apart...

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Main Authors: Abu Kassim, Noor Lide, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah, Mat Daud, Nuraihan
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Published: UUM 2007
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spelling my.iium.irep.140922021-06-29T04:12:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14092/ A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Mat Daud, Nuraihan LB1050.9 Educational psychology Malaysian students are normally required to show a certain level of English language proficiency before they are offered a place by a local institution of higher learning. One of the examinations conducted to ascertain their level of proficiency is the Malaysian University English Test (MUET). Apart from MUET some universities also conduct their own test for the same reason. This paper discusses a study on the comparability of MUET with the English Placement Test (EPT) conducted by the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). This study was conducted to see whether the two tests could be used interchangeably for admission and placement purposes. The two tests were administered on second year pre university students of IIUM. Analyses show that though significant, the correlation coefficients of the two tests were not high enough for them to be used interchangeably UUM 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14092/1/14092_Noor_Lide_Abu_Kassim.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14092/2/14092_Noor_Lide_MJLL2007cover.pdf Abu Kassim, Noor Lide and Zubairi, Ainol Madziah and Mat Daud, Nuraihan (2007) A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests. Malaysian Journal of Learning & Instruction, 4. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1675-8110 http://mjli.uum.edu.my/index.php/joomla-forums/category/2-mjli-vol.-4-2007
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English
topic LB1050.9 Educational psychology
spellingShingle LB1050.9 Educational psychology
Abu Kassim, Noor Lide
Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Mat Daud, Nuraihan
A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests
description Malaysian students are normally required to show a certain level of English language proficiency before they are offered a place by a local institution of higher learning. One of the examinations conducted to ascertain their level of proficiency is the Malaysian University English Test (MUET). Apart from MUET some universities also conduct their own test for the same reason. This paper discusses a study on the comparability of MUET with the English Placement Test (EPT) conducted by the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). This study was conducted to see whether the two tests could be used interchangeably for admission and placement purposes. The two tests were administered on second year pre university students of IIUM. Analyses show that though significant, the correlation coefficients of the two tests were not high enough for them to be used interchangeably
format Article
author Abu Kassim, Noor Lide
Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_facet Abu Kassim, Noor Lide
Zubairi, Ainol Madziah
Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_sort Abu Kassim, Noor Lide
title A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests
title_short A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests
title_full A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests
title_fullStr A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests
title_full_unstemmed A construct validation of the Malaysian University English Test and the English Placement Test: Two high-stakes English language proficiency tests
title_sort construct validation of the malaysian university english test and the english placement test: two high-stakes english language proficiency tests
publisher UUM
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/14092/1/14092_Noor_Lide_Abu_Kassim.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/14092/2/14092_Noor_Lide_MJLL2007cover.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/14092/
http://mjli.uum.edu.my/index.php/joomla-forums/category/2-mjli-vol.-4-2007
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