Understanding Teacher Competence in Multiple-Choice Test Item Writing for English Reading and Listening Skill Tests: A Case of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers in Vietnamese Higher Education Settings

Abstract

This study investigated Vietnamese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ judgements of their competence in multiple-choice test item writing for English reading and listening skill tests. The current study sought to construct and empirically calibrate a developmental framework that operationalises Vietnamese teacher competence in multiple-choice test item writing for English reading and listening skill tests. The framework defines this competence as a continuum of competencies in terms of major tasks performed by Vietnamese EFL teacher item writers and delineates typical observable behaviours indicating their competencies at varying levels along a developmental progression. It also s..