Field of study:language assessment

Recent publications:

Cai, H. (2013). Partial dictation as a measure of EFL listening proficiency: Evidence from confirmatory factor analysis.Language Testing 30(2), 177-199.http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265532212456833

Bewley, W. L., Lee, J. J., Jones, B., & Cai, H. (2013). Assessing cognitive readiness in a simulation-based training environment. In H. F. O'Neil, R. S. Perez, & E. L. Baker (Eds.)Teaching and measuring cognitive readiness(pp. 253-278). New York, NY: Springer.http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-7579-8_14

Cai, H. (2013). Effects of ability grouping on students’ achievement in EFL listening.Modern Foreign Languages, 36(3), 301-307. (In Chinese：蔡宏文，2013，分班教学对英语听力进步幅度的效应，现代外语，36（3），301-307。)

Conference presentations:

Cai, H. (2013). An MFRM approach to subskill divisibility in diagnostic language assessment. Paper presented at the 35th Language Testing Research Colloquium, July 3-5, Seoul, South Korea.