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Investigating Language Assessment Literacy: Collaboration between Assessment Specialists and Canadian University Admissions Officers

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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)

From Single Words to Passages: Contextual Effects on Predictive Power of Vocabulary Measures for Assessing Reading Performance

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Qian, David D. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008

In the last 15 years or so, language testing practitioners have increasingly favored assessing vocabulary in context. The discrete-point vocabulary measure used in the old version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) has long been criticized for encouraging test candidates to memorize wordlists out of context although test items…

Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Context Effect, Vocabulary, English (Second Language)