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Download full textPanachanok Chanwaiwit; Lalida Wiboonwachara – rEFLections, 2025
Chiang Mai Rajabhat University Test of English Proficiency (CMRU-TEP) is a required English proficiency test for all CMRU students before graduation. Despite its meticulous design, there is an opportunity for students to improve their scores through focused efforts and targeted support. This study employs an explanatory sequential mixed-methods…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Chen, Jiliang; Li, Lanlan; Shen, Yalin; Li, Haoxia – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study is intended to explore the influence of partners' L2 proficiency on test-takers' performance and on their interaction patterns in paired oral assessment, and it tries to analyze the underlying causes on the basis of Vygotsky's theory of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) and Storch's patterns of interaction. An experiment including…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Sociocultural Patterns
Çiftci, Harun – Online Submission, 2021
Starting from its first implementation, Subject Knowledge Test (henceforward SKT) has been investigated in various subject fields due to the emerging questions about its content and applicability in selecting prospective teachers. With the contribution of 355 participants including senior students and the graduates from different ELT undergraduate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ramírez, Alexander – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
This reflection paper disseminates the design and implementation of an English placement test for first semester students from different majors. This design was carried out within the framework of a research project in a Colombian public university. The article has a twofold purpose: to scrutinize the stages leading to a test, and to highlight the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Direct linkHsieh, Ching-Ni – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Second language (L2) oral performance assessment always involves raters' subjective judgments and is thus subject to rater variability. The variability due to rater characteristics has important consequential impacts on decision-making processes, particularly in high-stakes testing situations (Bachman, Lynch, & Mason, 1995; A. Brown, 1995;…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Phonology, Teaching Assistants, Foreign Students
Swender, Elvira – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is used to assess the ability of individuals to use language for real-world purposes. Today, OPIs are used by academic institutions, government agencies, and private corporations for many purposes: academic placement, student assessment, program evaluation, professional certification, hiring, and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Second Language Learning, Testing, Language Tests
