Research for vocabulary assessment is worthwhile because it is a way to find a new direction in vocabulary instruction. However this area of research has not received any outstanding theoretical result as yet, and actually there is no satisfactory sta...
Research for vocabulary assessment is worthwhile because it is a way to find a new direction in vocabulary instruction. However this area of research has not received any outstanding theoretical result as yet, and actually there is no satisfactory standard vocabulary assessment instruments in place for the leaners. For this reason, this research intends to develop the vocabulary assessment tool and then examine the suitability and suggest the practical use of it. The following summary of this research is listed below.Chapter Ⅰ described the necessity and the purpose of developing a vocabulary assessment tool and then examined the preliminary research, and this study's scope and method.Chapter Ⅱ inspected the theoretical background for the development of vocabulary assessment tool. Section 1 stated the definition of vocabulary for the vocabulary assessment, and section 2, the general concept for the vocabulary. The theoretical inquiry into the vocabulary and the general concept for the vocabulary is necessary work as well as important to understand the purpose, the contents, and the methods of vocabulary assessment.Chapter Ⅲ stated the purpose, the goal and the contents of the vocabulary assessment, selected vocabulary for the assessment, developed the items, and then constituted the assessment tool.Section 1 described the purpose, the goal and the content of the vocabulary assessment for the upper elementary school students related to the Korean language curriculum. Section 2 selected the vocabulary for assessment after examining the Korean Language Instructional Vocabulary of Kim Gwang Hae(2003) grade by grade, and the vocabulary of the 5th and 6th grade textbooks. Section 3 inspected the appropriate form for the assessment, and developed the items based on the form and then constituted the assessment tool concerning the contents, the time required, and the number of items.Chapter Ⅳ verified the suitability of the developed vocabulary assessment tool. Section 1 tested the preliminary assessment with two-types of assessment tools and then reconstituted it with the satisfactory items after analyzing them. Section 2 tested this tool and verified the satisfaction of it with 553 students from 17 classes out of 9 school in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. This study examined the internal consistency through Cronbach's α, analyzed elements to inspect the construct validity and inspected the practicality as well. This study analyzed the item by the Classical Inspection Theory and Item Response Theory, and verified the items' satisfaction by the items' difficulty index and discriminant index. Section 3 inquired into the situations that needed this assessment tool for the practical use, and suggested reference materials to analyze the result after assessment.Chapter Ⅴ summarized the study and suggested a few tasks revealed in this study.The vocabulary assessment should be discussed more systematically hereafter. The study of vocabulary assessment will enable educators to teach vocabulary more effectively and the more effective vocabulary instruction will be the foundation for enhancing the communicative ability, which is the purpose of the Korean language curriculum. Therefore, consistent research for vocabulary assessment will enrich the learner's vocabulary and linguistic ability.