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Effects of Targeted Test Preparation on Scores of Two Tests of Oral English as a Second Language
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Farnsworth, Tim – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
This study investigated the effect of targeted test preparation, or coaching, on oral English as a second language test scores. The tests in question were the Basic English Skills Test Plus (BEST Plus), a scripted oral interview published by the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the Versant English Test (VET), a computer-administered and…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency