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The Relationship between Written Discourse Features and Integrated Listening-to-Write Scores for Adolescent English Language Learners
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Ray J. T. Liao; Renka Ohta; Kwangmin Lee – Language Testing, 2024
As integrated writing tasks in large-scale and classroom-based writing assessments have risen in popularity, research studies have increasingly concentrated on providing validity evidence. Given the fact that most of these studies focus on adult second language learners rather than younger ones, this study examined the relationship between written…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, English Language Learners, Discourse Analysis
Test Reviews: GEPT--General English Proficiency Test
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Roever, Carsten; Pan, Yi-Ching – Language Testing, 2008
The General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) was developed in 1999, commissioned by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. The purpose of the test is to provide individuals with a gauge of their English language proficiency and assist employers and educational institutions in selection and placement. Also, it aims to encourage the study of English…
Descriptors: Test Reviews, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Establishing Test Form and Individual Task Comparability: A Case Study of a Semi-Direct Speaking Test
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Weir, Cyril J.; Wu, Jessica R. W. – Language Testing, 2006
Examination boards are often criticized for their failure to provide evidence of comparability across forms, and few such studies are publicly available. This study aims to investigate the extent to which three forms of the General English Proficiency Test Intermediate Speaking Test (GEPTS-I) are parallel in terms of two types of validity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Format, Speech Communication, Check Lists