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Validating a Test Designed to Assess ESL Proficiency at Lower Developmental Levels ESL EFL ESL-EZY

Author(s):
Wilson, Kenneth M.
Publication Year:
1999
Report Number:
RR-99-23
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
36
Subject/Key Words:
Listening Comprehension, Language Proficiency, English as a Second Language (ESL), Oral English, Knowledge Level, Correlation, Student Evaluation

Abstract

were especially strong in relatively less proficient subgroups, suggesting that for younger ESL-students and other ESL-learners with limited developed functional proficiency in English as a foreign or second language, a test embodying properties similar to those represented by ESL-EZY might provide useful supplementary assessment information.

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