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English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement
Includes bibliographical references.
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Department of English Language and Literature
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| author | Gamaroff, Raphael |
| author2 | Makoni, Sinfree |
| author_browse | Gamaroff, Raphael Makoni, Sinfree |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17870 English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement Gamaroff, Raphael Makoni, Sinfree English Includes bibliographical references. The study investigates the ability of English proficiency tests (1) to measure levels of English proficiency among learners who have English as the medium of teaching and learning, and (2) to predict long-term academic achievement (Grade 7 to Grade 12). The tests are "discrete-point" tests, namely, error recognition and grammar tests (both multiple-choice tests), and "integrative" tests, namely, cloze tests, essay tests and dictation tests. The sample of subjects consists of two groups: (1) those taking English as a First Language subject and those taking English as a Second Language subject. These groups are given the familiar labels of Ll and L2. The main interest lies in the L2 group. The main educational context is a high school in the North West Province of South Africa. 2016-03-17T07:08:41Z 2016-03-17T07:08:41Z 1998 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17870 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | English Gamaroff, Raphael English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| title_full | English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| title_fullStr | English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| title_full_unstemmed | English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| title_short | English proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| title_sort | english proficiency testing and the prediction of academic achievement |
| topic | English |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17870 |
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