The present study investigates the construct validation of Translation Competence Questionnaire (TCQ) in the context of Iran. For this purpose, one hundred ninety seven EFL learners, whose major was translation studies at Tabaran, Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran, were asked to participate in the study and fill in the questionnaire and give it back to the researcher within a week. First, internal consistency of the instrument was assessed using Cronbach's coefficient alpha reliability. Then, confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted using LISREL 8.80. The internal consistency analysis of the TCQ utilizing Cronbach's coefficient alpha reached acceptable alpha(s). The results of the CFA as assessed by the CFI/ NNFI, RMSEA and chi-x2, reached acceptable fits. The factor structures were defined and the factors were clearly distinguishable from one another. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that Translation Competence Questionnaire by Mariana Orozco and Amparo Hurtado Albir, modified and re-developed by Alavi and Ghaemi, has undoubtedly strong psychometric characteristics and good constructs validity in the context of Iran.

Higher-order thinking, known as higher order thinking skills (HOTS), is a notion of education improvement based on Bloom's taxonomy. The belief is that some types of learning involve more cognitive processing than others, but also have more generalized profits. The present study aims at investigating the relationship between translation competence along with its components and higher-order thinking skills of novice translators. To this end, 37 students of translation studies studying at the 5 th semester were selected. The rationale behind this was that the students of the fifth semester don't have any solid understanding and experience of translation so they are considered as novice translator. Having collected the data from two questionnaires of Translation Competence Acquisition Questionnaire and Higher-order Thinking Skills, a correlational analysis was conducted. The results of Spearman's rank order correlation revealed a strong correlation (ρ= 0.786) showing not only does Translation Competence have statistically significant relationship with higherorder thinking skills in general, but also their components and sub-competences reveal strong and meaningful relationship.

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Language testing is not limited to assessing the performance of ordinary learners. It is also needed in other field such as assessing the ability of children with disabilities, those who have language disorders. Although a great deal of research has been carried out in the realm of stuttering, researchers still do not know why some children stutter, or why most children become fluent speakers while others become adult stutterers. Studies show that Stuttering students have many difficulties in Reading Comprehension (Roberts & Erdos, 1993