TABLE 3.

Types of language competence with indicators and the CFA analysis.

Categories	Linguistic categories		Pre-sorted indicators	P (CFA)	Confirmed indicators
(1)	Understanding local linguistic meanings	Grammatical knowledge: phonology, stress, intonation, vocabulary, and syntax	Q6, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17	0.817 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001	Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17
(2)	Understanding full linguistic meanings	Grammatical knowledge; discourse knowledge	Q1, Q4, Q11, Q18, Q19, Q20, Q21	0.420 0.565 0.001 0.002 0.098 <0.001 <0.001	Q11, Q18, Q19, Q20, Q21
(3)	Understanding inferred meanings	Grammatical knowledge; discourse knowledge; pragmatic knowledge	Q2, Q3, Q5, Q8, Q9, Q10, Q13	<0.001 0.008 0.211 0.906 0.004 <0.001 <0.001	Q2, Q3, Q9, Q10, Q13
(4)	Communicative listening ability	Grammatical knowledge; discourse knowledge; pragmatic knowledge; sociolinguistic knowledge	Q1, Q2, Q4, Q7, Q8, Q10, Q12	0.294 0.231 0.172 0.058 0.056 0.788 <0.001	Q7, Q8, Q12