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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"English Proficiency Test"”.
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Examining the Potential Washback of a New Large -Scale English Proficiency Test: Aligning Tests, Teaching, and Learning
… The Integrated Task is a writing task on a new English language proficiency test developed to assess English language learners (ELLS) in grades K-12. This study was conducted in an elementary school in the Midwest. Participants in the study included an ESL teacher, twelve ELLS and thirteen ESL …
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The Development of an Oral Test to Assess the English Proficiency of Bilingual Teachers
The purpose of this study is to develop an oral English proficiency test and administer it to a pilot group of students.
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Civil Aviation English for Pilots: An English Air-ground Communication Course Based on Simulating Videos
… of international air service, ICAO decided English as the mandatory language of international civil aviation in the 1950s. According to the English requirement of ICAO, an English proficiency test was required in China. However, pilot’s lack of English background and the imperfect English …
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Relationships between lexical proficiency and L2 oral proficiency
<p>Lexical proficiency is strongly correlated with L2 productive language ability (Crossley, Salsbury, & McNamara, 2011; Laufer & Nation, 1995). While many studies have investigated the relationship between lexical proficiency and L2 writing ability, not many studies have been conducted in terms of …
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Disentangling fluency, comprehensibility and coherence: Toward a better understanding of oral proficiency profiles
… possible disfluency markers can help disentangle proficiency components assessed by the Oral English Proficiency Test (OEPT) in order to help build empirical foundations for establishing OEPT profiles. Silent and filled pauses, false starts and repetitions were removed from 50 test recordings in …
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The Relationship Between English Language Test Scores Among Nigerian High School Students And Teacher Beliefs About Language Teaching And Their Classroom Practices
<p>English language mastery is important to the academic achievement of high school students in Nigeria. As the official language of instruction in multi linguistic Nigerian schools, proficiency in English language is essential for the academic success of students in high schools. The purpose of …
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Testing the Measurement Invariance of Large-Scale Assessment of Foreign Language Proficiency Using Multiple Group Covariance Structure Analyses and Item Response Modeling
This study has addressed whether the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), which is argued to evaluate the potential success of non-native speakers of English to understand and use standard American English at English speaking higher education institutions, measures the same abilities or …
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Constructvalidationof the united nations associationtest of English (unate) level a test and its implicationsfor further developmentof the test
The United Nations Association Test of English (UNATE) Level A test is an English proficiency test administered in Japan twice a year. UNATE is used not only as a proficiency test for learners of English in Japan in general but also as a selection test for screening Japanese trainees to the United …
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Measuring fluency: Temporal variables and pausing patterns in L2 English speech
… temporal variables and pausing patterns in L2 English speech to investigate fluency as a measurable component of oral proficiency. Fluency can be defined as ‘speed and smoothness of oral delivery’. We can measure the speed of oral delivery through calculating temporal variables such as speech …
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‘Different Courses, Different Outcomes?’ A comparative study of Communicative Competence in English Language learners following ‘Academic’ and ‘International Understanding’ courses at High Schools in Japan
Abstract In Japan, where the traditional focus of English teaching has been on knowledge of a foreign language as a system, increasing emphasis is now being placed on the ability to communicate internationally. Achieving competence in a foreign language may be the result of many factors including …
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The impact of implementing English proficiency tests as a graduation requirement at Taiwanese universities of technology
… at large recognise that a high level of English language ability among the workforce is essential for success in virtually all walks of life, as Taiwan is heavily dependent on international business for its economic growth. A growing concern for national standards of educational …