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An Evidence-Based Review of Celpe-Bras: The Exam for Certification of Proficiency in Portuguese as a Foreign Language
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Zhao, Cecilia Guanfang; Liu, Carina Jiayu – Language Testing, 2019
Celpe-Bras, is the exam for the certification of proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language. It, is the only Portuguese proficiency test recognized by the Brazilian government (Ministério da Educação, 2013). Given the recent growth of interest and also its unique design as a large-scale proficiency test, this article provides a general…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Screener Tests Need Validation Too: Weighing an Argument for Test Use against Practical Concerns
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Schmidgall, Jonathan E.; Getman, Edward P.; Zu, Jiyun – Language Testing, 2018
In this study, we define the term "screener test," elaborate key considerations in test design, and describe how to incorporate the concepts of practicality and argument-based validation to drive an evaluation of screener tests for language assessment. A screener test is defined as a brief assessment designed to identify an examinee as a…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Use, Test Construction, Language Tests
Student Affective Reactions to Oral Language Tests.
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Scott, Mary Lee – Language Testing, 1986
Assessed native Brazilian students' affective reactions to different oral English-as-a-Foreign-Language achievement test formats. A multivariate analysis of variance based on the results of a factor analysis showed no significant difference among student reactions to the different test formats. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education