Listening
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Listen & Match
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Picture Description
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Short Talks
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Extended Listening
Reading Vocabulary
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Synonym
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Antonym
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Idiom
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Root & Affix
Writing Multiple Choice
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Synonym
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Grammar, structure
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Paragraph choices
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Recognizing errors
Speaking
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Oral Vocabulary
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Speech Functions
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Personal Opinion
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Story Retelling
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Graph Interpretation
Reading Comprehension
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Main Idea
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Detail
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Inference/Prediction
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Reference
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Rhetorical Elements
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Vocabulary in Context
Constructed Response
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Writing sentences
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Writing paragraphs
Speaker Notes:
Facilitator Notes:
The listening test is all multiple-choice and is paced by a CD (or teacher script, which appears in the Directions for Administration manual).
There are four item types that progressively get more challenging.
1. Listen and Match: single sentences—taps into the lower end of the proficiency spectrum.
2. Picture Description: single sentences, but more listening is involved.
3. Short Talks: two types—partial dialogues and teacher talks (mixture of BICS and CALP).
BICS – Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills or the language skills needed in social situations.
CALP – Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency or formal academic learning. This includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing about subject area content material.
4. Extended Listening: assesses whether the student can learn new information in English.
The Speaking section is administered in a one-on-one setting. The test administrator sits with a student and asks a series of questions. The student’s responses are scored on the spot by the test administrator.
There are 5 items types in the speaking tests:
1. Oral Vocabulary – student identifies objects or actions and state antonyms
2. Speech Functions – student asks a question related to a situation
3. Personal Opinion – student gives reason to support an opinion
4. Story Retelling – student hears story then repeats it
5. Graph Interpretation – student looks at graph and speaks about the information on the graph