5.3. The IET face validity questionnaire
The face validity questionnaire of the IET
Questionnaires have been the most
is drafted for two groups of the participants in
frequently used data collection method in
this study: Students and English lecturers. It
educational evaluation research because they
consists of two main parts: Cover letter and
help to gather information on knowledge,
Content of the questionnaire.
attitudes, opinions, behaviors and other
Cover letter
information from a large number of people in
a short period of time as well as at a relatively
The construction of the consent cover
low cost (McLeod, 2014). Bearing this in
letter aimed to gain permission to conduct the
mind, the questionnaire is used to collect the
data from the students and the lecturers. The
students’ and lecturers’ opinions about the
students’ FVQ is the same as in the lecturers’
IET in order to investigate the face validity
FVQ.
of the IET as well as to answer the research
The consent cover letter is the first part of
questions. Some face validity questionnaires
the instrument construction. It begins with a
(FVQ) from previous studies (To, 2001;
brief introductory statement about the study
Jaturapitakkul, 2013; Kucuk, 2007; Kuntasal,
and the researcher. Furthermore, the promise of
2001; Kuroki, 1994; Wang, 2006) were
confidentiality is compiled in this letter to help
7 questions related to background information
the participants understand that their responses
were created to explore their full name, gender,
age, email, cell phone number, educational
will not be in any case that affects their academic
qualifications and years of teaching English at
study or their academic career. Finally, contact
a public university in Vietnam.
and return information that is helpful to deal with
queries during the data collection procedure is
Section B is the most important section
also included in the letter
which aims to gather information on the IET
components which are comprised of Listening
Questionnaire content
Test, Reading Test, Writing Test and Speaking
Questionnaire content is the main part of
Test. This section contains 28 questions. Each
the instrument construction. It consists of two
component contains 7 questions which ask for
sub-sections: Background information and
the opinions on the weightage, time allocation,
Test components.
the representation of skills, the representation
of topics, the clarity of questions, the clarity
Section A is the first section which aims to
of instructions and the mark allocation. The
ask for the students’ and lecturers’ background
responses to the questions are ranked from
information. For the students, 9 questions
Strongly disagree to Strongly agree.
were designed to ask for their full names,
matrix number, gender, age, email, cell phone
The framework of the adapted instrument
for face validity of the IET is presented in
number, years of learning English and English
speaking countries residence. For the lecturers,
Figure 2 below:
Figure 2. The adapted instrument framework
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