Fig. 2
From: Validity argument for the VELC Test® score interpretations and uses
Person ability, item difficulty, can-do item difficulty estimates on a Rasch map. CanL-01 = when listening to junior-high level materials; CanL-02 = when listening to high school level materials; CanL-03 = when listening to Japanese teachers giving instructions in English; CanL-04 = when taking classes taught by native speakers; CanL-05 = when salesclerks respond to your questions in a restaurant or store in a foreign country; CanL-06 = when listening to slow songs in English; CanL-07 = when listening to announcements at an airport and a station in a foreign country; CanL-08 = when watching foreign news such as CNN; CanL-09 = when watching movies in English; CanL-10 = when listening to native speakers talking to each other; CanR-01 = when reading instructions at a station in a foreign country; CanR-02 = when reading junior high level materials; CanR-03 = when reading high school level materials; CanR-04 = when reading materials written for L2 learners such as a learner dictionary; CanR-05 = when reading explanations on a menu in a foreign country; CanR-06 = when reading e-mail messages sent to you; CanR-07 = when reading news written in English for domestic readers; CanR-08 = when reading modified materials for leaners; CanR-09 = when reading news written in English for native readers; CanR-10 = when reading best-selling novels written for native readers