TY - JOUR ID - 157129 TI - Psychometric Evaluation of Dictations with the Rasch Model JO - International Journal of Language Testing JA - IJLT LA - en SN - AU - Hussein, Rasha AU - Sabit, Shaker AU - Alwan, Merriam AU - Wafqan, Hussam Mohammed AU - Baqer, Abeer AU - Ali, Muneam AU - Hachim, Safa AU - Sahi, Zahraa AU - AlSalami, Huda AU - Sulaiman, Bahaa Aldin AD - Al-Manara College for Medical Sciences (Maysan)/Iraq AD - Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Iraq AD - Medical Laboratory Techniques Department /Medical (Technology) College, Al-Farahidi University/Iraq AD - English Language Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, Iraq AD - Medical Laboratory Techniques Department, Dijlah University College, Iraq, Baghdad AD - Al-Nisour University College/ Iraq AD - College of technical Engineering, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq. Medical Laboratory Techniques Department, Al-Turath University College, Iraq AD - Department of Dentistry, Al-Zahrawi University College, Karbala, Iraq AD - Altoosi University College, Najaf , Iraq AD - Al-Esraa University College, Baghdad, Iraq Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 118 EP - 127 KW - dictation KW - partial credit model KW - Rasch model KW - reduced redundancy tests KW - Validation DO - 10.22034/ijlt.2022.157129 N2 - Dictation is a traditional technique for both teaching and testing overall language ability and listening comprehension. In a dictation, a passage is read aloud by the teacher and examinees write down what they hear. Due to the peculiar form of dictations, psychometric analysis of dictations is challenging. In a dictation, there is no clear boundary between the items and every word in the text is potentially an item. This makes the analysis of dictations with classical and modern test theories rather difficult. In this study, we suggest a procedure to make dictations analyzable with psychometric models. Our strategy entailed using several independent short passages instead of a single long passage. The number of mistakes in each passage was counted and entered into the analysis. Rasch model analysis was then applied to the passage scores (mistakes). Our findings showed that dictations fit the Rasch model very well and it is possible to measure examinees’ ability on an interval scale using dictations. UR - https://www.ijlt.ir/article_157129.html L1 - https://www.ijlt.ir/article_157129_52f9c360c0c71818db2c14fc75f7c28f.pdf ER -