3. THE IET FACE VALIDITY QUESTIONNAIRE THE FACE VALIDITY QUESTIONNAI...

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