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Aptis in China: exploring test-taker perceptions of its test validity and practicality

Aptis in China: exploring test-taker perceptions of its test validity and practicality
Aptis in China: exploring test-taker perceptions of its test validity and practicality
This project investigated potential Aptis test-taker perceptions of its validity and test practicality in China. Eighty-three students from Wuhan University China participated in the study and took the Aptis test. A survey design with follow-up interviews was adopted. A questionnaire was used to investigate test-taker perceptions on aspects of their test-taking experience, test items, skills measured, and some practicality issues. Semi-structured interviews were carried out to further probe participant perceptions of the test.

The study was designed to compare English skills measured in Aptis to skills measured by other English tests on the Chinese market. Gaining a better understanding of test-taker perceptions of this new test can provide valuable information, informing test development, as well as test preparation practices.
2057-5203
British Council
Zheng, Ying
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Zhang, Yanyan
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Zheng, Ying
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Zhang, Yanyan
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Zheng, Ying and Zhang, Yanyan (2017) Aptis in China: exploring test-taker perceptions of its test validity and practicality (ARAGs Research Reports Online) Manchester. British Council 23pp.

Record type: Monograph (Project Report)

Abstract

This project investigated potential Aptis test-taker perceptions of its validity and test practicality in China. Eighty-three students from Wuhan University China participated in the study and took the Aptis test. A survey design with follow-up interviews was adopted. A questionnaire was used to investigate test-taker perceptions on aspects of their test-taking experience, test items, skills measured, and some practicality issues. Semi-structured interviews were carried out to further probe participant perceptions of the test.

The study was designed to compare English skills measured in Aptis to skills measured by other English tests on the Chinese market. Gaining a better understanding of test-taker perceptions of this new test can provide valuable information, informing test development, as well as test preparation practices.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 October 2017
Published date: 30 October 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 415252
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/415252
ISSN: 2057-5203
PURE UUID: 4338b306-45a1-486c-898b-050a0c50e303
ORCID for Ying Zheng: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-0358

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Date deposited: 06 Nov 2017 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:17

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Author: Ying Zheng ORCID iD
Author: Yanyan Zhang

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