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dc.identifier	ECF_article_15410
dc.title	Examinees’ Four Skills Performance Balance in High Stake Foreign Language Examinations
dc.contributor.author	Vaiopoulou Julie
dc.contributor.author	Venturis Antonio
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/elle/2024/1/examinees-four-skills-performance-balance-in-high/
dc.description.abstract	The present study aims to investigate the balance of the examinees’ performances in different skills tests as part of a foreign language examination. In many cases, the examinees’ performances in the four skills present significant deviations. This deviation raises the question of whether it is an indication of an error in the construction or rating of the test or whether it is an expected result. In order to explore this question, a study was conducted using real data collected from 8715 candidates who participated in Italian language exams, administered by the Greek State Certificate Language Proficiency System (KPG), between 2011 and 2015 (ten sessions). The data were analysed with Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and indicated that there is no balance between the performances of the examinees in the different skills tests.
dc.relation.ispartof	EL.LE
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 13 \| Num. 1 \| Marzo 2024
dc.issued	2024-03-22
dc.dateAccepted	2024-01-24
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-02-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-6792
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2024/01/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Foreign language testing
dc.subject	Four skills performance balance
dc.subject	Language certification
dc.subject	Skills integration
dc.subject	Skills segregation

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Examinees’ Four Skills Performance Balance in High Stake Foreign Language Examinations

Antonio Venturis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Julie Vaiopoulou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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abstract

The present study aims to investigate the balance of the examinees’ performances in different skills tests as part of a foreign language examination. In many cases, the examinees’ performances in the four skills present significant deviations. This deviation raises the question of whether it is an indication of an error in the construction or rating of the test or whether it is an expected result. In order to explore this question, a study was conducted using real data collected from 8715 candidates who participated in Italian language exams, administered by the Greek State Certificate Language Proficiency System (KPG), between 2011 and 2015 (ten sessions). The data were analysed with Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and indicated that there is no balance between the performances of the examinees in the different skills tests.

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22 Marzo 2024

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24 Gennaio 2024

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01 Febbraio 2023

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Keywords: Four skills performance balance • Skills segregation • Skills integration • Foreign language testing • Language certification

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