A Rasch-based validation of the Vietnamese version of the Listening Vocabulary Levels Test

Language Testing in Asia

Table 6 Difference between within-LVLT and IELTS-LVLT correlations

	LVLT	IELTS Listening Test	Z	p
1000 level	.696**	.455**	5.70	.000
2000 level	.894**	.593**	10.31	.000
3000 level	.885**	.571**	10.30	.000
4000 level	.903**	.582**	11.16	.000
5000 level	.829**	.472**	9.78	.000
AWL level	.929**	.648**	11.55	.000

Note.“**” indicates that correlation is significant at 0.01 level (2-tailed) (N= 234)
AWL Academic Word List, LVLT Listening Vocabulary Levels Test