Assessing Academic English : Testing English Proficiency 1950–1989 - The IELTS Solution
by
Alan Davies
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Language Testing
ISBN-10
0521542502
ISBN-13
9780521542500
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 21st, 2008
Print length
472 Pages
Weight
758 grams
Dimensions
22.40 x 15.60 x 2.90 cms
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This volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK.
The volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK (and later Australia), from the British Council's English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB), through the revolutionary English Language Testing Service (ELTS) to the present solution of IELTS. The three stages of academic language testing in the UK over the last 50 years move from grammar through real life to features of language use. At the same time, comparison of predictive validities suggests that all three measures account for very similar shares of the variance (about 10%) and that therefore the choice of an academic language proficiency test is determined only in part by predictive validity: other factors such as test delivery, test renewal in response to fashion, research and impact on stakeholders, and assessment of all four language skills are also important.
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