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Jin, Yan; Fan, Jinsong – Language Testing, 2011
The purpose of the Test for English Majors (TEM) is to measure the English proficiency of Chinese university undergraduates majoring in English Language and Literature and to examine whether these students meet the required levels of English language abilities as specified in the National College English Teaching Syllabus for English Majors…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Advisory Committees, Individual Testing, Examiners
Green, Anthony; Unaldi, Aylin; Weir, Cyril – Language Testing, 2010
Providers of tests of languages for academic purposes generally claim to provide evidence on the extent to which students are likely to be able to cope with the future demands of reading in specified real-life contexts. Such claims need to be supported by evidence that the texts employed in the test reflect salient features of the texts the test…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individual Characteristics, Individual Testing, Test Validity
Wagner, Elvis – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2008
This article examines how eight advanced ESL learners attend to and utilize the nonverbal information found in a video text. Using verbal report methodology in which test-takers verbalized aloud their thought processes while taking a video listening test, the results suggested that the test-takers varied in how they attended to and utilized the…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Listening Comprehension Tests, Cognitive Processes, Listening Skills

Haastrup, Kirsten – System, 1986
Describes a study whose aim was to improve the quality of the structured oral interviews used in Denmark to test the English proficiency of high school students after five years of instruction. The study focused on construct validity and interscorer reliability. (SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries