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PASAA

Publication Date

1996-12-01

Abstract

This study investigates the role of the X-tests in these aspects: 1) Can they be used as an instrument to observe the ability to transfer language competence from General English to Academic English?; 2) If so, which type of grammatical competence can they measure better, syntactic competence or lexical competence, and 3) Is there any difference in the retention of grammatical competence measured by the General English X-Test and the Academic English X-Test? Forty-eight third year Thai students enrolled in the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University in 1994 participated in this study. It was found that the X-tests were reliable and had concurrent validity with the English for Academic Achievement Tests. The X-tests could be used as a means to examine the ability to transfer language competence from General English to Academic English. They could assess lexical competence better than syntactic competence. In terms of retention, the X-tests could be employed to measure the subjects' ability to retain grammatical competence both in General English and Academic English.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.26.1.9

First Page

73

Last Page

79

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