한국어 숙달도 평가의 문제은행 도입을 위한 문항 일반 정보 구축 방안 연구

A Study on Constructing General Information on Item to Introduce an Item Banking System for Korean Proficiency Test

As the number of TOPIK(Test of Proficiency in Korean) takers has been soaring, the test location and date is going to be added, which is supposed to cause some difficulties in administering TOPIK such as writing items, executing, scoring. It is necessary for the existing paper-based TOPIK to change into a computer-based one or internet-based one with an item banking system. This study presents how to specify the general information on item which is the fundamental material to introduce an item banking system for Korean proficiency test such as TOPIK. That is, out of information constructing metadata of items of the banking system, the general information on item is developed with detailed specifications. First, 22 factors of general information on item are selected including ‘information process, assessment objective, discourse type, discourse function, and direction type.’ Next, analyzing the items in the previous TOPIK, the detailed item information is rearranged according to the specified factors. Then, reviewing those detailed item information it was reclassified and added with the information left out in accordance with the specified factors to fit introducing an item banking system. The general information on item in each section of reading, listening, and writing of Korean proficiency test is presented in detail.