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| Title | Proficiency Assessments |
| Body | Do you have students entering your program whose proficiency level is unknown? The following are some proficiency assessment resources suggested by members of the FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ) and from a Google search. --- SIL International sells a series of checklists broken down into the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) for self-assessment with its LinguaLinks software package. More information is available at http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/MangngYrLnggLrnngPrgrm/SelfAssessmentChecklistsBasedO.htm . --- Soft Study Inc. has a set of placement exams available in the following languages: ESL, Spanish, German, French, and Russian. The company plans to add Chinese soon. Computerized Adaptive Placement Exams (CAPE) use state-of-the-art computer testing techniques to accurately and efficiently place students in the first two years of college language courses. CAPE selects each test item as a result of the answer to the previous question. When the student answers an item correctly, a more difficult question is presented; if an item is answered incorrectly, an easier question is given. In short, the test "adapts" to the student's level of ability and will accurately determine the student's competency level in about twenty minutes. More information is available at https://www.softstudy.com/products/CAPE.cfm . --- DIALANG is a free downloadable assessment tool that has been developed by more than 20 major European institutions, with the backing of the European Commission. It is based on the Council of Europe's "Common European Framework of reference", which has become established throughout Europe as the most widely recognized frame of reference in the field of language learning. Tests are available in reading, writing, listening, grammar, and vocabulary in the following 14 languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. More information and download available at http://www.dialang.org/english/index.htm . --- The Center for Applied Second Language Studies at the University of Oregon has developed an online reading and writing assessment tool called the Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP), which requires only a recent browser and an Internet connection. Schools and colleges around the country now use STAMP to evaluate programs, place students, and provide accountability data. More information about STAMP is available at http://casls.uoregon.edu/stamp2.php or at http://onlinells.com/stampplace.php . --- For younger students, the SOPA and ELLOPA interviews are innovative language proficiency assessment instruments designed to allow young students to demonstrate their highest level of performance in oral fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and listening comprehension. For more information, go to http://www.cal.org/topics/ta/sopa_ellopa.html . --- The Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessments (MLPA) are a battery of high-quality, proficiency-based second language assessment tools for reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The MLPA are currently available for French, German, and Spanish at two levels on the scale outlined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. For more information and to purchase, go to http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/MLPA.html . --- For a list of other proficiency assessment projects, visit the National Foreign Language Resource Center at http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu/search_project.cfm?director=any&language=all&keyword=SSVLT . |
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