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The Relationship between Criterion-Based Levels of Oral Proficiency and Norm-Referenced Scores of General Proficiency in English as a Second Language.
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Reed, Daniel J. – System, 1992
Presents data from validation study of American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency (OPI). Distinctness of OPI ratings from scores generated by Test of English as a Foreign Language and one other examination is assessed on basis of comparisons among 70 sets of scores from students of English as Second Language who…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Design and Evaluation of a Computer-Based TOEFL Tutorial.
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Jamieson, Joan; Taylor, Carol; Kirsh, Irwin; Eignor, Dan – System, 1998
Describes the development of a special set of tutorials for training nonnative English speakers to take a computerized test of English as a Foreign Language. The experiences of the 1169 individuals who participated in the computer-familiarity study are characterized in terms of timing and performance data and self-reported attitudes. Most…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Literacy, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Native Speaker Performance Validity: In Vain or for Gain?
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Jafarpur, Abdoljavad – System, 1996
Explores the feasibility of native speaker performance criterion for validating tests for nonnative speakers. The article analyzes the results of a cloze test administered to 202 Americans and 323 students of English as a Foreign Language. Findings suggest that the efficacy of the cloze procedure is in question more than ever before. (72…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Technology in Testing: The Present and the Future.
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Alderson, J. Charles – System, 2000
Reviews the advantages and disadvantages of computer-based language tests, explores in detail developments in Internet-based testing using the examples of the Test of English as a Foreign Language and DIALANG--an innovative on-line suite of diagnostic tests and self-assessment procedures in 14 European languages--and outlines a research agenda for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Futures (of Society), Internet, Language Tests
Test of English as a Foreign Language and First Certificate of English Tests as Predictors of Academic Success for Undergraduate Students at the University of Bahrain.
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Al-Musawi, N. M.; Al-Ansari, S. H. – System, 1999
This study examined multivariate relationships of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the First Certificate of English (FCE) and determined whether students' total score on the TOEFL or their overall score on the FCE tends to be a better predictor of success in university as measured by overall grade-point average (GPA). Subjects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries