In higher education in Taiwan, mandatory general English courses like Freshman adopt ability-grouping practices to assign students classes of different proficiency levels. However, little research has explored the efficacy criteria and standardized language-proficiency description for Thus, this study recruited 806 Taiwanese undergraduates from advanced, intermediate, basic levels take Oxford O...

Knowing the level of content Arabic textbooks at high school is important because it starting point in preparing teaching materials university level. Without knowing level, repetition can occur determining and cause delays increasing linguistic to a higher The purpose this study was analyze description general secondary based on Common European Terms Reference. In writing research, researcher u...

This paper investigates the comparability of test scores recorded for high-stakes English language Speaking Tests administered face-to-face in either a traditional centre-based mode (TM) or an online proctored (OLP). The data comprise large sample takers taking at four CEFR (the 'Common European Framework Reference Languages') levels – B1 to C2 via TM OLP. were analysed using descriptive statis...

Language is important in everyday life to convey various information and opinions others. English a key International language for communicating with other people. This research very interesting because it explores the teaching strategy used by teacher an course, namely EF First. aims at explaining teachers' of speaking using games Frontrunner class. uses qualitative case study approach where r...

Abstract English Profile (EP) is an ongoing empirical exploration of learner initiated by Cambridge University Press and English, among others. EP aims to create a set empirically-based descriptions language competencies for English. ‘Reference Level Descriptors’ already exist as part the Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) but are intuitively derived not designed one specific language. ...

The article is devoted to highlighting the theoretical prerequisites for formation of foreign language strategic competence future primary school teachers. definition term "strategic competence" provided, its component composition analyzed, and purpose training determined. highlight structure In today's requirements students role ability obtain information from different sources, absorb, supple...

The present study explores the test examiners'' perspectives on role and qualitative aspects of current localized speaking assessment framework used in Vietnam. A case with two experienced examiner-cum-English lecturers was conducted. Inductive content analysis to analyze data findings obtained from individual semi-structured interviews. Drawbacks, merits, standardization issues frameworks, i.e...

Abstract This paper focuses on automatically assessing language proficiency levels according to linguistic complexity in learner English. We implement a supervised learning approach as part of an automatic essay scoring system. The objective is uncover Common European Framework Reference for Languages (CEFR) criterial features writings by learners English foreign language. Our method relies the...

The objective of our study is to verify what extent the mediation activities as well its strategies presented in CEFR VC are subject foreign language teaching Poland. Initially, mark out field research, we find it essential examine notion context didactics. Second, will try answer following question: how can operationalize this practice FL? To end, review different types listed (2018) and prese...