A study on the construct and predictive validity of mock TOEIC Tests.

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This study aimed to examine the construct and predictive validity of the reading section of a mock TOEIC test designed to measure first-year college students’ general English proficiency. To this aim, the present study utilized a series of confirmatory factor analyses and examined a couple of reading models. The results suggested that L2 learners’ reading ability measured by the mock TOEIC test consists of two constructs: language knowledge and reading skills. Language knowledge involves grammatical knowledge and lexical knowledge. Reading skills are concerned with factual understanding and inferential understanding of written English. The results also showed that the mock TOEIC test has some evidence for predictive validity. Some suggestions for future studies were also made. © 2019, Korean Society for the Study of English Language and Linguistics. All rights reserved.

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