2015年度:中間報告 大友賢二・中村洋一・法月健 1. 1. 規準設定における統計処理: Latent Class Analysis (LCA) と Mixture Rasch Model (MRM) 本研究は、 CEFR の “3 Common Reference Levels” で “a common framework scale should be objectively determined in that they are based on a theory of measurement (p. 21) と指摘されて いる standard setting の統計的な方法論に関するものである。「目
these participants were interviewed three times to attain further insight into language learning perceptions and behaviors. The learners’ primary English language teacher was also interviewed in order to consolidate our interpretations of the data. The data show that participants were typically at the B1 level on the CEFR scale in all skills, both productive and receptive. This notable outcome was the result of their high school classes which focused greatly on developing learners’ communicative competence, providing a balanced approach to teaching the four skills. Positive washback from the test was identified in terms of specific sub-skills (synthesizing ideas in