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1、ISSN1930-9317TOEFLiBTResearchReportTOEFLiBT-08February2009Criterion-RelatedValidityoftheTOEFLiBTListeningSectionYasuyoSawakiSusanNissanListening.Learning.Leading.®®Criterion-RelatedValidityoftheTOEFLiBTListeningSectionYasuyoSawakiandSusanNissanETS,Prince
2、ton,NewJerseyRR-09-02ETSisanEqualOpportunity/AffirmativeActionEmployer.Aspartofitseducationalandsocialmissionandinfulfillingtheorganization'snon-profitCharterandBylaws,ETShasandcontinuestolearnfromandalsotoleadresearchthatfurtherseducationalandmeasuremen
3、tresearchtoadvancequalityandequityineducationandassessmentforallusersoftheorganization'sproductsandservices.Copyright©2009byETS.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisreportmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocop
4、y,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.ViolatorswillbeprosecutedinaccordancewithbothU.S.andinternationalcopyrightlaws.ETS,theETSlogos,GRADUATERECORDEXAMINATIONS,GRE,TOEFL,andtheTOEFLlogoareregiste
5、redtrademarksofEducationalTestingService(ETS).TheTESTOFENGLISHASAFOREIGNLANGUAGEisatrademarkofETS.CollegeBoardisaregisteredtrademarkoftheCollegeBoard.AbstractThestudyinvestigatedthecriterion-relatedvalidityoftheTestofEnglishasaForeign®Language™Internet-b
6、asedtest(TOEFLiBT)Listeningsectionbyexaminingitsrelationshiptoacriterionmeasuredesignedtoreflectlanguage-usetasksthatuniversitystudentsencounterineverydayacademiclife:listeningtoacademiclectures.Thedesignofthecriterionmeasurewasinformedbystudents’respons
7、estoasurveyonthefrequencyandimportanceofvariousclassroomtasksthatrequireacademiclistening,andtherelationshipofthesetaskstosuccessfulcoursecompletion.Thecriterionmeasureconsistedofthreevideotapedlectures(inphysics,history,andpsychology)andincludedtaskscre
8、atedbycontentexpertswhoareformeruniversityprofessorsoftherelevantcontentarea.Thesetasksreflectedwhatthecontentexpertsexpectedstudentstohavecomprehendedduringthelecture.ThecriterionmeasureandtheTOEFLiBTListeningsectionwerea