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Choi, Ikkyu – Language Testing, 2017
Language proficiency constitutes a crucial barrier for prospective international teaching assistants (ITAs). Many US universities administer screening tests to ensure that ITAs possess the required academic oral English proficiency for their TA duties. Such ITA screening tests often elicit a sample of spoken English, which is evaluated in terms of…
Descriptors: Oral English, Academic Discourse, Language Proficiency, Screening Tests