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Use of English

Proficiency Level

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

2. Defining Expectations 5. Presentation

3. Writing Appropriate Directions 4. Using Accessible Language


External Reviews of Test Materials

Evaluating the Tasks Through Tryouts

Guidelines for Item Evaluation


Do the examinees understand what they are supposed
to do?
Are the tasks appropriate for this group of examinees?
Do the tasks elicit the desired kinds of responses?
Can the responses be easily and reliably scored?
Can they be scored with the intended criteria and
rating scale?
Are the scorers using the scoring system in the way it
was intended to be used?
Scoring Constructed-Response
Items
1.Creation
of Rubrics
2. Training
Scorers

3. Recruiting
Scorers

4. Confirming
Consistent and
Accurate Scoring
Grammar

Merriam Websters Dictionary: the study of the classes of


words, their inflections, and their functions and relations in the
sentence

Oxford Dictionary: The whole system and structure of a


language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting
of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and
sometimes also phonology and semantics.
Grammar used in
specific
contexts/purposes
The Exam Marks percentage

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/

Merriam Websters Dictionary. Retrieved on October 22nd, 2016 from: http://www.merriam-


webster.com/dictionary/grammar

Oxford Dictionary. Retrieved on October 22nd, 2016: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/grammar

BOOOK!!

Cambridge English Proficiency Handbook

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.

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