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Download full textGeranpayeh, Ardeshir – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1994
This paper reports on a study conducted to determine if comparisons between scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) are justifiable. The test scores of 216 Iranian graduate students who took the TOEFL and IELTS, as well as the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Higher…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Heller, Anne; And Others – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1995
This study investigated the utility and effectiveness of a simple dictation test for placement of students in a university's summer English-as-a-Second-Language program. The dictation test was explored as an alternative to the traditional oral interview, which had shown some problems of interrater reliability and consistency, resulting in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
