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From Placement to Diagnostic Testing: Improving Feedback to Learners and Other Stakeholders in SELF (Système d'Evaluation en Langues à visée Formative)
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Coulange, Sylvain; Jouannaud, Marie-Pierre; Cervini, Cristiana; Masperi, Monica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Since 2012 an interdisciplinary and culturally heterogeneous team composed of more than 30 people has been engaged in the complex process of conceiving, designing and validating an online placement test with formative orientation called SELF (Système d'Evaluation en Langues à visée Formative), developed and already deployed in six different…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Multilingualism
The Underlying Action-Oriented and Task-Based Approach of the CEFR and Its Implementation in Language Testing and Assessment at University
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Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Taking Decisions: Assessment for University Entry
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Plassmann, Sibylle; Zeidler, Beate – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Language testing means taking decisions: about the test taker's results, but also about the test construct and the measures taken in order to ensure quality. This article takes the German test "telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule" as an example to illustrate this decision-making process in an academic context. The test is used for university…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Wiseness, Test Construction, Decision Making
A Comprehensive Placement Test Tool for Language Centres
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Jaime Pastor, Asuncion; Perez Guillot, Cristina; Candel-Mora, Miguel A. – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
One of the main problems relating to language courses offered at language centres is measuring the students' entry-level skills in a fast, efficient and reliable way. This problem is particularly acute in language centres with large numbers of students, especially at the beginning of the academic year, as a mechanism has to be implemented which…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Student Placement, Prior Learning, Computer Assisted Testing
Investigating Language Assessment Literacy: Collaboration between Assessment Specialists and Canadian University Admissions Officers
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Baker, Beverly A.; Tsushima, Rika; Wang, Shujiao – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
There are increasing numbers of non-native English speaking applicants to Canadian universities (AUCC 2008a, 2010), which are committed to promoting linguistic and cultural diversity (AUCC 2008b). One result of this trend is that university admissions officers, as gatekeepers, are faced with a growing and potentially confusing array of language…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, College Admission, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)