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LIN Xiangyu
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2022.02.003
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
As a school-based course, Comprehensive English course has been designed and offered by a large number of universities and colleges. It is an integrative course which tests students’ basic English skills and English proficiency. In this study, 55 sophomores participated in Comprehensive English final examination. This paper chooses reading comprehension part and briefly discusses its specifications. First, this study is to understand reading construct and evaluate it through CLA model. Second, the main purpose of this study is to evaluate reading comprehension part through statistical analysis of experimental data and item analysis. Besides, the validity and reliability of it are testified.
reading comprehension, test specifications, statistical and item analysis, validity, reliability
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