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Publication Date: 1986
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Developing Oral Placement Tests for Community-Based Language Programs.
Applebaum, Sheila Dermer; Taborek, Elizabeth
TESL Canada Journal, spec iss 1 p207-23 Nov 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 Brown College Oral ESL Assessment. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Programs, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Student Placement, Test Format
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