MELAB Research

Conference Proceedings

Chapman, Mark. (2012). The Challenges of Ensuring Task Equivalence in Writing Tests: A New Approach. Proceedings of the Korea English Language Testing Association: KELTA 2012 Annual International Conference. Seoul, Korea.

Books

Aryadoust, Vahid; Goh, Christine C. M. (2013). Exploring the Relative Merits of Cognitive Diagnostic Models and Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Assessing Listening Comprehension. In Exploring Language Frameworks, edited by E. Galaczi and C. J. Weir. Proceedings of the ALTE Kraków Conference, July 2011. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Stoynoff, Stephen; Chapelle, Carol A. (2005). ESOL Tests and Testing. Chapter 2. TESOL. Alexandria, Virginia.

Journal Articles

Al-Hamly, Mashael; Coombe, Christine. (2005). To Change or Not to Change: Investigating the Value of MCQ Answer Changing for Gulf Arab Students. Language Testing, 22(1): 509–531.

Aryadoust, Vahid S.; Goh, Christine; Lee, Ong Kim. (2011). An Investigation of Differential Item Functioning in the MELAB Listening Test. Language Assessment Quarterly, 8(4): 361–385.

Gao, Lingyun; Rogers, W. Todd. (2011). Use of Tree-Based Regression in the Analyses of L2 Reading Test Items. Language Testing, 28(1): 77–104.

Johnson, Jeff S.; Lim, Gad S. (2009). The influence of Rater Language Background on Writing Performance Assessment. Language Testing, 26(4): 485–505.

Lim, Gad S. (2011). The Development and Maintenance of Rating Quality in Performance Writing Assessment: A Longitudinal Study of New and Experienced Raters. Language Testing, 28(4): 543–560.

Weigle, Sara Cushing. (2000). Test Review: The Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB). Language Testing, 17(4): 449.

Dissertations

Lim, Gad S. (2009). Prompt and Rater Effects in Second Language (PDF). Diss. University of Michigan.

Spaan Papers

Al-Hamly, Mashael; Coombe, Christine. (2003). An Investigation into the Answer Changing Practices on Multiple-Choice Questions with Gulf Arab Learners in an EFL Context (PDF).

Eom, Minhee. (2008). Underlying Factors of MELAB Listening Constructs (PDF).

Gao, Lingyan. (2006). Toward a Cognitive Processing Model of MELAB Reading Test Item Performance (PDF).

Goh, Christine; Aryadoust, Vahid S. (2010). Investigating the Construct Validity of the MELAB Listening Test through the Rasch Analysis and Correlated Uniqueness Modeling (PDF).

Hamp-Lyons, L. (2006). Bias Revisited (PDF).

Jiao, H. (2004). Evaluating the Dimensionality of the MELAB (PDF).  

Li, H. (2011). A Cognitive Diagnostic Analysis of the MELAB Reading Test (PDF).

Lim, G. S. (2010). Investigating Prompt Effects in Writing Performance Assessment (PDF).

Lio, Y. (2007). Investigating the Construct Validity of the Grammar and Vocabulary Section and the Listening Section of the ECCE: Lexico-Grammatical Ability as a Predictor of L2 Listening Ability (PDF).

Park, T. (2006). Detecting DIF across Different Language and Gender Groups in the MELAB using the Logistic Regression Method (PDF).

Shin, S. (2003). A Construct Validation Study of Emphasis Type Questions in the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (PDF).

Song, X. (2005). Language Learning Strategy Use and Language Performance on the MELAB (PDF).

Wagner, E. (2004). A Construct Validation Study of the Listening Sections of the ECPE and MELAB (PDF).

Wang, S. (2006). Validation and Invariance of Factor Structure of the ECPE and MELAB across Gender (PDF).

Weltig, M. (2004). Effects of Language Errors and Importance Attributed to Language on Language and Rhetorical-Level Essay Scoring (PDF).

Yu, G. (2007). Lexical Diversity in MELAB Writing and Speaking Task Performances (PDF).