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Download full textKarim, Shahzad; Haq, Naushaba – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2014
The present study focused on assessing the speaking test of IELTS. The assessment discussed both positive aspects and weaknesses in IELTS speaking module. The researchers had also suggested some possible measures for the improvement in IELTS speaking test and increasing its validity and reliability. The researchers had analysed and assessed IELTS…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Speech Tests
Al-Issa, Ali; Al-Bulushi, Ali; Al-Zadjali, Rima – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Proficiency in the English language has been described as central for determining Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (N-NESTs) selection for joining the profession. The Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman decided to set the score of Band 6 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for accepting the English Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Selection Criteria, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Direct linkCoombe, Christine; Davidson, Peter – Language Testing, 2014
The Common Educational Proficiency Assessment (CEPA) is a large-scale, high-stakes, English language proficiency/placement test administered in the United Arab Emirates to Emirati nationals in their final year of secondary education or Grade 12. The purpose of the CEPA is to place students into English classes at the appropriate government…
Descriptors: Language Tests, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Buell, James G. – 1992
This paper discusses research conducted in the spring of 1991 that measured the relationship of reading subtest scores to teacher ratings of students' reading abilities. Sixty-eight advanced-level students in an intensive English program took an institutional version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and a specimen reading…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Content Validity, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Griffin, Patrick – 1990
Results of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) battery trials in Australia are reported. The IELTS tests of productive language skills use direct assessment strategies and subjective scoring according to detailed guidelines. The receptive skills tests use indirect assessment strategies and clerical scoring procedures.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Interrater Reliability
