Ayako Aizawa

Argument-based validation of the English–Japanese Phrasal Vocabulary Size Test: The role of familiarity in item difficulty

This study validates the English–Japanese Phrasal Vocabulary Size Test (E–J PVST), a bilingual adaptation of the Phrasal Vocabulary Size Test (Martinez, 2011) assessing receptive knowledge of high-frequency English phrasal expressions among L1 Japanese adults. Using Chapelle et al.’s (2008) argument-based validation fr...