The Predictive Validity of the IELTS Test and Contribution of IELTS Preparation Courses to International Students' Subsequent Academic Study: Insights from Vietnamese International Students in the UK

Autor/inn/en	Dang, Chau Ngoc; Dang, Thi Ngoc Yen
Titel	The Predictive Validity of the IELTS Test and Contribution of IELTS Preparation Courses to International Students' Subsequent Academic Study: Insights from Vietnamese International Students in the UK
Quelle	In: RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 54 (2023) 1, S.84-98 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dang, Thi Ngoc Yen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-6882
DOI	10.1177/0033688220985533
Schlagwörter	Predictive Validity; Test Preparation; Second Language Learning; Language Tests; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Second Language Instruction; Scores; College Entrance Examinations; College Admission; Test Validity; Academic Achievement; Study Abroad; Universities; Vietnamese People; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; United Kingdom; International English Language Testing System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language test; Sprachtest; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Aufnahmeprüfung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Testvalidität; Schulleistung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; University; Universität; Schülerverhalten; Großbritannien; Language tests; Englisch
Abstract	International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores have been widely used as the language entry requirements for international students in many English-medium universities. However, research on the predictive validity of IELTS on subsequent academic performance has been inconclusive. Additionally, despite the proliferation of IELTS preparation courses, very few attempts have been made to explore the extent to which these courses support course takers' development of knowledge and skills needed for their subsequent university study. This paper investigated (a) the predictive validity of IELTS results on the subsequent academic performance of Vietnamese international students at UK universities, and (b) the extent to which an IELTS preparation course in Vietnam supported its course takers in their subsequent academic study in the UK. Questionnaires with 80 Vietnamese international students from 31 universities across the UK showed that there was a positive significant correlation between these students' IELTS scores and their academic results. Follow-up interviews with two undergraduates and two postgraduates who had previously studied in the same IELTS preparation course, but were studying different academic disciplines at different institutions in the UK, and analysis of the materials used in their IELTS preparation course and university courses revealed that the course positively supported these students' subsequent academic study, but certain skills and knowledge needed in their academic study were not effectively covered in the IELTS preparation course. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01