Testing is an essential part of language teaching and learning as it helps learners, teachers and the administrators to measure the effectiveness of pedagogical methods. However, alongside the positive impacts, testing may also bring some negative consequences. Against this backdrop, designing an appropriate test which meets the requirements of testing validity and reliability while ensuring high-quality content and structure remains a challenging task for teachers and test designers. For these reasons, this paper is going to present an overview of test validities, reliabilities and provide an evaluation of the Reading Test taking place at Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) for the first-year non-English major students from non-native English speaking countries including Laos and Mongolia. The study aims to assess the quality of the test based on analyzing students’ responses at item level. It also discusses the strengths and weaknesses in the test content, structure and layout. The statistical data including item difficulty, item discrimination and test reliability coefficients are calculated to demonstrate the results of the study. The results are expected to be a useful data for teachers, learners and test designers to improve the quality of language teaching, learning and assessment.

Authors:
Phuong Do, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam
Hong Thuy Nguyen, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam

About the Presenter(s)
M.A. Hong Thuy Nguyen is a Lecturer of English Language at Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Her research embraces language teaching and testing with emphasis on applying and evaluating innovations to enhance learning outcomes and assessment accuracy.

Do Phuong is a full-time lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnams. She holds an MSc in Asia Pacific Studies from Ritsumeikan APU, Japan. Her expertise spans English language education, translation and interpreting, and English for IR

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