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Kasin Janjaroongpak<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Email: kasin@tni.ac.th<\/div>\n
Theodore Maria School of Arts, Assumption University, Thailand<\/div>\n
ISSN 1905-7725 NET 15.1 January 2021 14<\/div>\n
Received: 2020-04-06 Revised: 2020-07-13 Accepted: 2020-09-08<\/div>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/h4>\n
With relative variations, formal paper-and-pencil tests in Thailand, especially nation-<\/div>\n
wide entrance examinations\u2013O-NET, CU\u2013TEP, TU\u2013GET, NIDA TEAP, NT\u2013 were generally<\/div>\n
concerned with 4 test types: vocabulary, grammar, indirect conversation, and reading. While a<\/div>\n
large proportion of both students and teachers has been grappling with test specifications\u2013how<\/div>\n
to beat the test\u2013, to the best of my knowledge, little attention has been paid to examine the<\/div>\n
extent of relations amongst the four pillars. (Whittome, 2019) This paper attempted to shed<\/div>\n
light on the relations among test sections in a formal examination whether there was an<\/div>\n
indicative section to the total score. This exploratory study was conducted with the test results<\/div>\n
of more than 700 second-year students in a course that every student needed to pass. The results<\/div>\n
were exported and processed with simple regression statistics tools of Microsoft Excel by<\/div>\n
testing the relative strength between two test sections with the total score. The preliminary<\/div>\n
analysis suggested that the section designed with TOEIC as a model was a bellwether,<\/div>\n
statistically significant at the 0.05 level, for the overall achievement compared with the other<\/div>\n
section. A brief expository account was provided as well as possible pedagogical implications<\/div>\n
for developing an achievement examination.<\/div>\n
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Keywords:<\/div>\n
TOEIC, simple regression, test, quantitative research, ESP<\/div>\n
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Kasin Janjaroongpak Email: kasin@tni.ac.th Theodore Maria School of Arts, Assumption University, Thailand ISSN 1905-7725 NET 15.1 January 2021 14 Received: 2020-04-06 Revised: 2020-07-13 Accepted: 2020-09-08 Abstract With relative variations, formal paper-and-pencil tests in Thailand, especially nation- wide entrance examinations\u2013O-NET, CU\u2013TEP, TU\u2013GET, NIDA TEAP, NT\u2013 were generally concerned with 4 test types: vocabulary, grammar, indirect conversation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399],"tags":[406],"class_list":["post-6054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-63","tag-kasin","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t