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Brenda Kuankiu
Ariana Romero
Cambridge English: Proficiency
(CPE)
A qualification that shows the world that
you have mastered English to an
exceptional level. It proves you can
communicate with the fluency and
sophistication of a highly competent
English speaker.
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
Factors Influencing the Assessment of
English Language Learners
Educational
Cultural
Language Background
Factors
Factors
Factors
Developing Test Items and Scoring
Criteria
6. Fairness and Sensitivity
1. Matching the Task to the Purpose
3. Recruiting
Scorers
4. Confirming
Consistent and
Accurate Scoring
Grammar
The
Cambridge
English 20%
Reading and Use of
English
Proficiency,
40% Listening
also known as Speaking
Certificate of 20% Writing
Proficiency in
English (CPE) 20%
consists of four
papers.
Use of English
Use of English and Reading are tested are the same
time given that candidates need to be able to
understand texts from publications such as fiction
and nonfiction books, journals, newspapers and
magazines. Candidates use of English is tested by
tasks which show how well they can control their
grammar and vocabulary
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Multiple-choice Open cloze Word Key word
cloze formation transformations
In this part, the
In this part, the focus of the gapped In this part, the In this part, the focus
focus of the gapped words is focus is mainly is on grammar and
words is lexical or grammatical or lexical (e.g. vocabulary.
lexico-grammatical. lexicogrammatical. affixation,
compounding) Two Mark
One Mark One Mark
One Mark
Multiple-choice cloze
Open cloze & Word formation
Key word transformations
Sources of information
University of Cambridge: Proficiency. Retrieved on October 22nd, 2016 from:
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/proficiency/
BOOOK!!
Guidelines for the Assessment of English Language Learners. M. Pitoniak, J. W. Young, M. Martiniello, T. C.
King, A. Buteux, and M. Ginsburgh. 2009. Stanford University: Educational Testing Service.