Aligning a University English Language Proficiency Measurement Tool with the CEFR: A Case in Malaysia.
The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) describes the capability of learners' language skills at six reference levels. It is internationally recognised as the standard language proficiency framework for describing language learning, teaching and assessment. Many countries, including Malays...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 29; pp. 157 - 179 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=156151621&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 156151621 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2021 Special Issue vid: 29 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 156151621 10.47836/pjssh.29.S3.09 ppf: 157 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 3.7MB tig: atl: Aligning a University English Language Proficiency Measurement Tool with the CEFR: A Case in Malaysia. aug: au: Baharum, Nurul Najwa Ismail, Lilliati Nordin, Nooreen Razali, Abu Bakar affil: Department of Language & Humanities Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia su: Language ability testing Language exams English language education Curriculum alignment Malaysia sug: subj: Malaysia Language ability testing Language exams English language education Curriculum alignment keyword: Assessment benchmarking CEFR English language programme language testing ab: The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) describes the capability of learners' language skills at six reference levels. It is internationally recognised as the standard language proficiency framework for describing language learning, teaching and assessment. Many countries, including Malaysia, have attempted and invested tremendous efforts to adopt the CEFR as a reference for language ability at all levels of education. However, there are many ways of adopting CEFR, and it is a continuous process of alignment between curriculum and assessment. In this regard, this study is carried out to examine how a Malaysian university attempts to demonstrate this alignment by correlating the scores obtained from English language proficiency courses in the university, called the English Language Competence Score Average (ELCSA), to a CEFR-aligned English language proficiency test (Linguaskill). The results showed an overall significant positive correlation that varied in strength. The overall correlation was 0.371, a positive but weak correlation whereby the strongest correlation was seen between ELCSA and CEFR Writing score with a correlation of 0.417, which is positive and moderate in strength. Therefore, it could be identified that a score of 3.25 and 3.5 on the ELCSA can be considered equivalent to a Linguaskill score of 160 (CEFR Band B2). It could be considered that the B2 CEFR level could be subdivided into lower and higher B2. However, there is a need to correlate ELCSA with other CEFR-aligned tests and perform further revisions to the English language proficiency programme at the university to successfully benchmark the programme and its assessment tool, ELCSA, with the CEFR. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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