Second Language Performance Testing: The Ontario Test of ESL as an Example.

Wesche, Marjorie Bingham

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Publication Date: 1987

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Second Language Performance Testing: The Ontario Test of ESL as an Example.

Wesche, Marjorie Bingham

Language Testing, v4 n1 p28-47 Jun 1987

Discusses a recently developed post-admissions testing battery, for Ontario colleges and universities, that tests students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through integrated texts and tasks that simulate academic language use. The battery yields placement and diagnostic information about students' readiness to undertake academic studies in English. (33 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language of Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests, Performance Tests, Readiness, Second Language Learning, Student Placement

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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