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Direct linkTomlin Gagen; Farahnaz Faez – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Thousands of education institutions worldwide rely on IELTS scores as criteria for accepting international students whose first language is not English. Individual studies have found varying degrees of strength of correlations and conflicting results between IELTS entry scores and subsequent academic success. These conflicting results were…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Scores, Correlation, Higher Education
Müller, Amanda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This paper attempts to demonstrate the differences in writing between International English Language Testing System (IELTS) bands 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0. An analysis of exemplars provided from the IELTS test makers reveals that IELTS 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 writers can make a minimum of 206 errors, 96 errors and 35 errors per 1000 words. The following section…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Scores
Amirian, Seyed Mohammad Reza; Tavakoli, Elaheh – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Despite the significant role of oral presentation in the academic context, many university students evade opportunities for participation due to low self-efficacy. The present study has been conducted to compare oral presentation self-efficacy of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners with undergraduates and postgraduates of Non-EFL majors,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
