Development of English Picture Vocabulary Test as an Assessment Tool for Very Young EFL Learners' Receptive and Expressive Language Skills

Autor/inn/en	Güngör, Burcu; Önder, Alev
Titel	Development of English Picture Vocabulary Test as an Assessment Tool for Very Young EFL Learners' Receptive and Expressive Language Skills
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 34 (2023) 2, S.572-589 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Güngör, Burcu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2022.2043134
Schlagwörter	Language Tests; Test Construction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Preschool Children; Ethics; Pictorial Stimuli; Correlation; Vocabulary Development; Test Items; Difficulty Level; Feedback (Response); Pilot Projects; Foreign Countries; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language test; Sprachtest; Testaufbau; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ethik; Fantasieanregung; Korrelation; Wortschatzarbeit; Test content; Testaufgabe; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Ausland; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität
Abstract	Research Findings: The aim of this study was to construct and validate "English Picture Vocabulary Test (EPVT)" that aimed to assess the very young learners' (VYLs) receptive and expressive vocabulary knowledge for specific content areas in English as a foreign language (EFL). In this context, EPVT was created in several stages. One of them was initial construct identification with the literature review on various aspects of assessment in early year's FL learning and development aspects of very young EFL learners. The other stages were "pre-piloting" with 4 experts and 20 VYLs to obtain their perspectives on the test construction and administration and "final piloting" implementation with 5-6 years old private pre-primary school children (251) to ensure reliability, validity, and test quality. After designing the process of the EPVT was clarified considering the ethical and effectiveness issues, the item analysis with Kuder-Richardson 20 and Point-Biserial Correlation was conducted. Besides, the distribution of the items among the ranges of difficulty and the discrimination index values were specified. Practice and Policy: The findings support that EPVT is child-friendly and effective in assessing preschoolers' English vocabulary receptively and expressively. Furthermore, it could also serve to provide feedback for teaching and supporting for learning L2. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01