Visiting the problem of current English assessment in Iranian classroom settings a recommendation was made to assess English language ability. Two kinds of test that is semantic and pragmatic competence tests were made and administered to students of Shiraz Iran Language Institute. Among them, 70 are advanced level students (aged from 17 to 19) and 173 are high level students (aged from 13 to 15) which are composed of 55 high1, 59 high2 and 59 high3 students. And the ratio of male and female is roughly equal (126 male and 117 female). They were both males and females sharing the same mother tongue and none of them had ever been in an English speaking country. The data were analyzed through statistical procedures and the results revealed that Iranian EFL students are poor in pragmatic issues and they have a lot of problems. As hypothesized in terms of item percent correct, items measuring both semantic and pragmatic competence will become easier as students progress from high level to advanced levels. Whereas in terms of item discrimination, semantic items are more discriminating than pragmatic items in the current context.
کلید واژگان :Pragmatic Competence, Semantic Competence, item percent correct,item discrimination, EFL learners.
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