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Ramsey L. Cardwell; Steven W. Nydick; J.R. Lockwood; Alina A. von Davier – Language Testing, 2024
Applicants must often demonstrate adequate English proficiency when applying to postsecondary institutions by taking an English language proficiency test, such as the TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, or Duolingo English Test (DET). Concordance tables aim to provide equivalent scores across multiple assessments, helping admissions officers to make fair…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Ihlenfeldt, Samuel Dale; Rios, Joseph A. – Language Testing, 2023
For institutions where English is the primary language of instruction, English assessments for admissions such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and International English Language Testing System (IELTS) give admissions decision-makers a sense of a student's skills in academic English. Despite this explicit purpose, these exams…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Test Validity, College Admission, Second Language Learning
Johnson, Robert C.; Tweedie, M. Gregory – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
It has been widely asserted that general English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in postsecondary education has a limited future, given both the benefits of discipline-specific EAP, and the widespread use by universities of international standardized assessments for proof of English language proficiency (such as IELTS, PTE, TOEFL, etc.). The extra…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Boonsuk, Yusop; Karakas, Ali – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2020
Introduction: In recent years, the number of test-takers of international tests of English has grown at an exponential rate. Those whose first language is not English, i.e. non-native English speakers (NNES), constitute the predominant majority of these test-takers, largely based in non-Anglophone contexts. Thus, the state of whether the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dewey, Martin – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
This viewpoint article provides a critical reflection on the gatekeeping and academic language practices of Anglophone universities, evaluating these in light of the promotional claims universities make about internationalization and global reach. I then consider the arguments put forward in each of the main articles in this special issue from…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chung, Sun Joo; Haider, Iftikhar; Boyd, Ryan – Language Teaching, 2015
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the English Placement Test (EPT) is the institutional placement test that is used to place students into appropriate English as a second language (ESL) writing and/or pronunciation service courses. The EPT is used to assess the English ability of newly admitted international undergraduate…
Descriptors: College English, Student Placement, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Yu, Guoxing – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article reports the lexical diversity of summaries written by experts and test takers in an empirical study and then interrogates the (in)congruity between the conceptualisations of "summary" and "summarize" in the literature of educational research and the operationalization of summarization tasks in three international…
Descriptors: Documentation, Writing Tests, Language Usage, Language Tests
Baker, Beverly A.; Tsushima, Rika; Wang, Shujiao – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
There are increasing numbers of non-native English speaking applicants to Canadian universities (AUCC 2008a, 2010), which are committed to promoting linguistic and cultural diversity (AUCC 2008b). One result of this trend is that university admissions officers, as gatekeepers, are faced with a growing and potentially confusing array of language…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, College Admission, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Ginther, April; Elder, Catherine – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
In line with expanded conceptualizations of validity that encompass the interpretations and uses of test scores in particular policy contexts, this report presents results of a comparative analysis of institutional understandings and uses of 3 international English proficiency tests widely used for tertiary selection--the "TOEFL iBT"®…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Questionnaires
Snow Andrade, Maureen; Evans, Norman W.; Hartshorn, K. James – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2014
Higher education institutions in English-speaking nations host significant populations of non-native English speakers (NNES), both international and resident. English language proficiency is a critical factor to their success. This study reviews higher education practices in the United States related to this population. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)