Foreign Language Assessment Directory (FLAD) This page contains details about the test you selected. For more information or to find out how to acquire the test, please see the test publisher's website or contact the publisher directly. Name of Test X_Lex v2.05 Languages English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish Test Description X_Lex is a YES/NO vocabulary test that runs under Windows. It replaces an earlier version called Llex. X_LEX prompts the user with on-screen instructions and then displays a set of test items one at a time. For each item, users decide whether or not they know what the word means, and answer YES or NO. The complete test consists of 300 items, and a different selection is chosen each time the test is run. X_Lex tests words at five different frequency levels. It also uses pseudo-words, which conform to the phonological and orthographic conventions of the target language. The inclusion of imaginary words serves as a check on guessing or lying by the testees. X_Lex generates a profile of the testee's vocabulary knowledge in the target language. Grade Level(s) 11, 12, College, Adult Proficiency Level(s) Beginner, Intermediate Intended Test Use Placement, Proficiency, Research Skills Tested Vocabulary Test Author/Publisher Paul Meara Publication Date 2002; version 2.05: 2005 Test Cost Test Length About 10 minutes Test Materials Program disk Test Format Computer administered (Web based format is in preparation) Scoring Method Number Correct; corrected for guessing Scoring Process Local machine scored Results Reported Scale score and profile Administered By Classroom teachers Administered When Administered How Individually Administered Where Off the shelf Contact Information + Show Contact Information Test Development and Technical Information A detailed critical account of these tests can be found in John Shillaw's PhD Thesis, University of Wales 1999. This work suggests that the use of pseudowords words may be unnecessary if the source files are structured using a Rasch analysis of items. X_Lex 2.05 is written in Delphi and runs under Windows. Comments X_Lex is available free to bona fide researchers. You can download a copy from our web-site: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/cals/calsres /lognostics.htm Parallel Versions in Other Languages Current Users Type of FL Program If you are the developer or administrator of this test, you can submit changes to the test information by clicking on the button above. If you are not the test developer or administrator, please do not attempt to update test information. Click here to see reviews of this test.
