3.72. This provides the evidence that each
The summary for face validity results
IET component gains satisfactory face
on the IET: Listening, Reading, Writing
validity from the lecturers’ opinions in term
and Speaking from the English lecturers’
of weightage, time allocation, skills, topics,
perceptions is made based on the analysis of
questions, instructions and mark allocations.
the mean scores of four components in the IET.
The IET, in other words, is also perceived as
Table 6 shows the mean of four components:
a good test from the lecturers’ opinions.
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.
Table 6. Overall mean scores for Lecturers’ IET face validity results
Item (n=7) Mean SD Degree Rank
Listening 3.72 .681 H 4
Reading 3.77 .572 H 2
Writing 3.74 .617 H 3
Speaking 3.94 .583 H 1
Note: *VH =Very High, H=High, M=Moderate, L = Low, VL = Very Low
Table 6 shows that the lecturers’
Due to the fact that all the questions in
the second part of the students’ questionnaire
perceptions on four IET components are
highly positive, ranging from 3.72 to 3.94.
were parallel to the questions in the second
Among four components, Speaking ranks
part of the lecturers’ questionnaire, and all
first with the highest mean score of 3.94 while
of these questions were concerned with the
face validity of the IET in term of weightage,
Listening Component ranks lowest with the
mean of 3.72. This provides the evidence that
time allocation, representation of skills,
representation of topics, clarity of questions,
each IET component gains satisfactory face
validity from the lecturers’ opinions in terms
clarity of instructions and mark allocations.
Therefore, both students’ and lecturers’
perceptions of face validity of the IET are
compared through the averaged mean scores
of four components: Listening, Reading,
Writing and Speaking in Table 7 below:
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