Assessing University Students: Searching for an English Language Exit Test.
In order to motivate university students to improve their English proficiency, the Hong Kong government decided to adopt a common exit English language test for all graduating students. In the process of selecting a suitable measure for this purpose, an empirical study with a sample of over 240 stud...
| Publicado en: | RELC Journal Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 18 - 38 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Apr2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=26425503&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 26425503 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00336882 5NY jtl: RELC Journal issn: 00336882 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Apr2007 vid: 38 iid: 1 pid: 2171 pub: Sage Publications, Ltd. artinfo: ui: 26425503 10.1177/0033688206076156 ppf: 18 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 4.7MB tig: atl: Assessing University Students: Searching for an English Language Exit Test. aug: au: Qian, David D. affil: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong su: English language ability testing Foreign language education Language & education International English Language Testing System Students sug: subj: English language ability testing Foreign language education Language & education International English Language Testing System Students keyword: English proficiency test GSLPA Hong Kong IELTS performance test speaking assesment university exit test writing test ab: In order to motivate university students to improve their English proficiency, the Hong Kong government decided to adopt a common exit English language test for all graduating students. In the process of selecting a suitable measure for this purpose, an empirical study with a sample of over 240 students was conducted to compare two English proficiency tests, the English Test of the Graduating Students' Language Proficiency Assessment (GSLPA) and the Academic Version of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The comparisons covered both speaking and writing components of the two tests, based on information provided by the two tests as well as performances of the participating candidates on the components under study. Results indicate: (1) that GSLPA writing and speaking scores distinguish candidates' abilities more clearly than the corresponding scores on the IELTS but IELTS overall scores, generated from writing, speaking, reading and listening sub-scores, have a discriminating power similar to that of GSLPA; (2) that the GSLPA and IELTS writing subtests basically measure different skills; and (3) that the constructs of the GSLPA and IELTS speaking subtests, while having their own distinctive limtures, overlap by about 48%. This paper recommends options for improving the current assessment framework for graduating university students and discusses the possible impact of such a test on English language teaching and learning. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of RELC Journal is the property of Sage Publications, Ltd. 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: RELC Journal holder: Sage Publications, Ltd. dt: @attributes: year: 2007 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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