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Download full textTong, Keith; And Others – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
A study investigated the content and predictive validity of Hong Kong's new Use of English Examination (UEE), introduced by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority in 1989. The study set out to discover whether the examination was reliable for determining students' language needs on entering higher education, and whether institutions' existing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Validity, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis
Lewkowicz, Jo – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
Some of the issues involved in validating two English second-language listening comprehension tests are examined. The tests were two different levels of a listening summary-cloze measure developed for use in a battery of language proficiency tests in the second and fourth years of university-level study in China. In them, students listen to a talk…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
