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Roemer, Ann E. – College and University, 2020
College and university admissions officers are the gatekeepers who decide which individuals may join the "country club" of higher education. As such, the decisions they make have a significant impact on the lives of individuals, especially those who are willing to travel across the globe and risk living in an unfamiliar country in order…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cutting Scores
Jin, Yan – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The College English Test (CET) is an English language test designed for educational purposes, administered on a very large scale, and used for making high-stakes decisions. This paper discusses the key issues facing the CET during the course of its development in the past two decades. It argues that the most fundamental and critical concerns of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Tests, Measures (Individuals), Graduates
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Huhta, Ari – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2009
This article describes and analyses the development of a new test of aviation English by the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA), as well as the overall situation in Finland as regards the testing of aviation English. The article describes the FCAA development project and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the new test and the whole…
Descriptors: Testing, Aviation Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Sireci, Stephen G.; Swaminathan, Hariharan – 1996
Procedures for evaluating differential item functioning (DIF) are commonly used to investigate the statistical equivalence of items that are translated from one language to another. However, the methodology developed for detecting DIF is designed to evaluate the functioning of the same items administered to two groups. In evaluating the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, International Education, Item Bias
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Frink, Helen H. – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Outlines an oral interview format and scoring system for use with foreign language students during their first and second semesters of language study. (EKN)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Language Proficiency
Stansfield, Charles W.; Kenyon, Dorry Mann – 1990
This project extended the application of a model for development of semi-direct tests of oral proficiency, originally developed for Chinese, to a diverse set of less commonly taught languages spanning various language families and representing diverse cultural backgrounds. This second, final report covers development of tests for Hebrew, Hausa,…
Descriptors: Hausa, Hebrew, Indonesian, Language Proficiency
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Fraser, Carol A.; Mougeon, Francoise – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1990
A study of the Glendon Examination of Bilingual Competence included a survey of former candidates, students, and faculty regarding perceptions of test content and format and development and piloting of a new test. Issues arising in the research are discussed. The test and grading criteria are appended. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Foreign Countries, French
Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – 1992
This report describes the development, construction, and validation of the Preliminary Chinese Proficiency Test (Pre-CPT), a standardized, nationally-normed test of listening and reading comprehension for beginning-level native English-speaking learners of Chinese as a second language. The Pre-CPT was designed as a lower-level version of the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Calderbank, Mark; Awwad, Muhammad – System, 1988
Discusses the issue of oral communication tests through an account of an oral test administered to nearly 1,000 students at Yarmouk University Language Center. The ways in which the institution attempted to overcome problems in the oral test's feasibility, validity, and reliability are presented. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Mason, Victor W.; And Others – 1991
Kuwait University initially developed a new English placement test for students to help upgrade English language instruction throughout the country's educational system, through diagnosis of relative English proficiency levels of all secondary school graduates, determination of suitable admissions criteria for all higher education institutions,…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Morrow, Keith – 1983
The oral interaction examination used by Britain's Royal Society of Arts for testing communicative use of English as a foreign language is described. The underlying principles of the test, its structure, administration, issues of reliability and validity, and scoring are outlined. Three components of the test itself are included. One component is…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Larson, Jerry W. – ADFL Bulletin, 1987
Describes advantages and disadvantages of computer-assisted foreign language testing, including unique capabilities of the computer, types of tests possible, limitations, problems, and language skill testing. The Spanish Computer Adaptive Placement Examination, developed at Brigham Young University (Utah), is described. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Item Banks
Brown, James Dean; And Others – 1991
The design, administration, revision, and validation of the Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute proficiency examinations are reported. The examinations were created as parallel language proficiency tests in each of five languages: Indonesian, Khmer, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese. Four tests were developed in each language: multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Cambodian, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Dictation
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Nakamura, Yuji – Educational Studies, 2001
This paper examines the rating scale data of oral proficiency tests analyzed by a Rasch Analysis focusing on an item map and factor analysis. In discussing the item map, the difficulty order of six items and students' answering patterns are analyzed using descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency of test scores. The data ranks the…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
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Applebaum, Sheila Dermer; Taborek, Elizabeth – TESL Canada Journal, 1986
Two Toronto community English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs used oral interview tests to place adults in appropriate programs. Instruments used included: Foreign Service Oral Interview; Ilyin Oral Interview; object-oriented testing; group testing; performance in authentic situations; Ontario Test of English as a Second Language; and George…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Programs
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