Effects of picture option positions and contents of writing test prompts on EFL students’ performance
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The present study aims to explore the factors affecting Korean EFL high schoolstudents’ choice of picture options with key expressions in a writing test prompt, aswell as the effects of option position and contents on their performance. It further aimsto examine whether these effects vary with English writing proficiency. Theperformance of lower- and higher-level students in two prompts was analyzed alongwith their reasons for their choices. The prompt had three picture options with two keyexpressions in each option; the students chose one picture option and wrote a 20-wordmessage declining a request using a reason specified in the option. Significant effectswere not found for position within the prompts, but for the content of the options. Theparticipants tended to choose a certain picture option over others mainly because oftopical knowledge, difficulty level, or picture preference. The findings suggest asignificant effect of picture contents, which yields implications for designing promptswith picture options for score validity.
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The present study aims to explore the factors affecting Korean EFL high schoolstudents’ choice of picture options with key expressions in a writing test prompt, aswell as the effects of option position and contents on their performance. It further aimsto examine whether these effects vary with English writing proficiency. Theperformance of lower- and higher-level students in two prompts was analyzed alongwith their reasons for their choices. The prompt had three picture options with two keyexpressions in each option; the students chose one picture option and wrote a 20-wordmessage declining a request using a reason specified in the option. Significant effectswere not found for position within the prompts, but for the content of the options. Theparticipants tended to choose a certain picture option over others mainly because oftopical knowledge, difficulty level, or picture preference. The findings suggest asignificant effect of picture contents, which yields implications for designing promptswith picture options for score validity.
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