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Language Testing in Asia

Table 2 Study design of Study 1

From: Validity evidence of Criterion® for assessing L2 writing proficiency in a Japanese university context

 

Prompt 1: Successful students

Prompt 2: Important animal

Prompt 3: Living longer

Prompt 4: Prepare for a trip

First-year students (n = 108)

✔

✔

  

Second-year students (n = 111)

✔

 

✔

 

Third-year students (n = 114)

✔

  

✔

External group (n = 30)

✔

✔

✔

✔

  1. Note. Essay writing conditions: 30-min time limit; show warning when 5 min remain; Spell Checker available; allow students to make a plan before working on Criterion®; limit students to 1 submission (so they can read feedback but not revise the essay)
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