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Muhammad Yoga Prabowo; Sarah Rahmadian – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2023
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the educational landscape in a way unseen before. Educational institutions are navigating between offline and online learning worldwide. Computer-based testing is rapidly taking over paper-and-pencil testing as the dominant mode of assessment. In some settings, computer-based and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Test Format, Language Tests
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Yulianto, Ahmad; Pudjitriherwanti, Anastasia; Kusumah, Chevy; Oktavia, Dies – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
The increasing use of computer-based mode in language testing raises concern over its similarities with and differences from paper-based format. The present study aimed to delineate discrepancies between TOEFL PBT and CBT. For that objective, a quantitative method was employed to probe into scores equivalence, the performance of male-female…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Format, Comparative Analysis, Scores
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Hassan, Nurul Huda; Shih, Chih-Min – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article describes and reviews the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level General Paper (GP) examination. As a written test that is administered to preuniversity students, the GP examination is internationally recognised and accepted by universities and employers as proof of English competence. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Writing Tests
DeMauro, Gerald E. – 1992
The feasibility of using linear and equipercentile equating methods (W. H. Angoff, 1984) to equate forms of the Test of Written English (TWE) by using the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as an anchor was explored. These two equating methods assume that either the TOEFL test and TWE test measure the same skills or that the examinee…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods, Test Format
Meara, Paul – 1992
This volume contains a set of experimental English language vocabulary tests designed to be used with learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). The tests are graded into 6 levels of difficulty and there are 20 tests at each level. Teachers can use the tests to provide a rough lexical profile of individual students, or to monitor the progress…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages
Bensoussan, Marsha – 1993
Because testing comprehension of long (5- to 10-page) second-language texts is more complex than testing shorter texts, an alternative form of second language reading comprehension test is needed. In a guided summary completion test, students are presented with a greatly shortened version of the text (e.g., one-paragraph summary), containing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Tests
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1990
The IDEA Oral Language Proficiency Test (IPT II), an individually-administered measure of speaking and listening proficiency in English as a Second Language designed for secondary school students, is described and discussed. The test consists of 91 items and requires 5-25 minutes to administer. Raw scores are converted to one of seven proficiency…
Descriptors: Classification, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Alderson, J. Charles; And Others – 1995
The guide is intended for teachers who must construct language tests and for other professionals who may need to construct, evaluate, or use the results of language tests. Most examples are drawn from the field of English-as-a-Second-Language instruction in the United Kingdom, but the principles and practices described may be applied to the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Interrater Reliability, Language Tests
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1986
A history of the Test of Written English (TWE), a section of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), describes its inception and development process. The new test is a thirty-minute essay test providing a measure of a non-native English-speaker's ability to perform academic writing tasks similar to those required of international…
Descriptors: Educational History, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Foreign Students
Wilson, Kenneth M.; Tillberg, Rebecca – 1994
A study was undertaken to obtain direct empirical evidence for the validity and usefulness of English as a second language (ESL) placement of a shortened version of the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) Test being used in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and locally developed and scored writing tests. The LACCD provided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Correlation
Morrow, Keith – 1983
The oral interaction examination used by Britain's Royal Society of Arts for testing communicative use of English as a foreign language is described. The underlying principles of the test, its structure, administration, issues of reliability and validity, and scoring are outlined. Three components of the test itself are included. One component is…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Ittzes, Kata – 1987
A Hungarian teacher of English as a foreign language (EFL) chronicles her research on the use of the cloze procedure in her native country's EFL classes. The research began as an effort to convince other teachers of the test format's usefulness, and ultimately led to further study of the factors affecting responses and scoring and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Heller, Anne; And Others – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1995
This study investigated the utility and effectiveness of a simple dictation test for placement of students in a university's summer English-as-a-Second-Language program. The dictation test was explored as an alternative to the traditional oral interview, which had shown some problems of interrater reliability and consistency, resulting in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Isonio, Steven – 1993
During spring 1992, the Combined English Language Skills Assessment (CELSA) test was piloted with a sample of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes at Golden West College (GWC) in Huntington Beach, California. The CELSA, which utilizes a cloze format including parts of conversations and short dialogues, combines items from beginning,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cutting Scores, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Kuroki, Kenichi – 1996
This paper discusses the construction of language tests, particularly for English as a Second Language (ESL), that focus on language use in real situations. Linguistic theories that provide background for language test construction are reviewed, and application of those theories to ESL instruction in Japan is examined, with attention to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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