C - Test/MC - Test : A New Instrument for Measuring English Proficiency

Authors

Somsak Boonsathorn

Publication Date

1990-01-01

Abstract

The C-Test is a new format of cloze procedure developed to resolve the problems of the conventional cloze. In the C-Test, the second half of every second word is deleted, beginning from the second sentence. The test taker's task is to provide the missing part of the word. Since most content words in English are in the form of BASE + SUFFIX (ES), a modified C-Test, the MC-Test, has been proposed by the author. In the MC-Test, the first half of the word, instead of the second half, is deleted. It is assumed that, in MC-Test items, more of the syntactic/structural information based on orthographic cues is present, whereas in "normal" C-Test items, more of the semantic information is available. Initial investigations indicate that the newly-proposed format, the MC-Test, is superior to the C-Test with reference to discrimination power, reliability, and "structural" validity.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.20.2.5

First Page

46

Last Page

50

Recommended Citation

Boonsathorn, Somsak (1990) "C - Test/MC - Test : A New Instrument for Measuring English Proficiency," PASAA: Vol. 20: Iss. 2, Article 5.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.20.2.5
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol20/iss2/5