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Eckes, Thomas – Language Testing, 2017
This paper presents an approach to standard setting that combines the prototype group method (PGM; Eckes, 2012) with a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The combined PGM-ROC approach is applied to setting cut scores on a placement test of English as a foreign language (EFL). To implement the PGM, experts first named learners whom…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Cutting Scores, Standard Setting (Scoring)
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Fleckenstein, Johanna; Leucht, Michael; Pant, Hans Anand; Köller, Olaf – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Background: English language proficiency is considered a basic skill that students from different language backgrounds are expected to master, independent of whether they are native or non-native speakers. Tests that measure language proficiency in non-native speakers are typically linked to the common European framework of reference for…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Fetscher, Doris – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013
Virtual intercultural communication is of great interest in intercultural research. How can a researcher gain access to this field of investigation if s/he does not or only partially speaks the languages used by the subjects? This study is an example of how categories relevant to research can be accessed through in-depth interviews. The interview…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Asians, Ethics
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Scheibner-Herzig, Gudrun; Stabener, Helga – System, 1980
Reports a study wherein a foreign language aptitude test was used to group German students beginning English language instruction in three types of German intermediate schools. Students were tested periodically to determine if the groups originally established were maintained. By the end of the second year, they were not. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Language Aptitude