Assessing L2 vocabulary through multiple-choice, matching, gap-fill, and word formation items
Assessing L2 vocabulary through multiple-choice, matching, gap-fill, and word formation items
Author(s): Ferit KılıçkayaSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Public Administration, Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Higher Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: assessing vocabulary; multiple-choice; matching; gap-fill; word formation;
Summary/Abstract: The current study aims to determine the effect of multiple-choice, matching, gap-fill and word formation items used in assessing L2 vocabulary on learners’ performance and to obtain the learners’ views regarding the use of these types of items in vocabulary assessment. The convenience sampling method was selected, and the participants of the study included 30 freshmen enrolled in the General English course offered in the Department of Public Administration at a state university in Turkey. The main findings revealed that the participants considered the multiple-choice and matching items were easy to understand and to answer and that gap-fill and word formation items were difficult due to several reasons.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 43/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 155-166
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English