RAPID PROFILE AS AN ALTERNATIVE ESL PLACEMENT TEST

dc.creator	ALI ALSHAHRANI
dc.date	2008-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:22Z
dc.identifier	1743-159X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cbec5f4bb3b64349a1a2657c131c8c41
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17598
dc.description	The use of computer software in language testing has been widely acknowledged. Rapid Profile (hereafter RP) is software used to screen EFL learners‟ speech samples to assess their language acquisition level. The aim of this paper is to compare the results of RP and a conventional placement test of a UK University language centre in assigning EFL learners to their proficiency levels. Speech samples were collected from a number of students who have already been subject to the language centreplacement test. Based on the language acquisition developmental stages (Pienemann 1998), findings revealed that about one third of the sample were placed in different levels than their current levels assigned by the language centre placement test. Recommendations about the use of Rapid Profile in language centres are also made.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Newcastle University
dc.relation	http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ARECLS/vol5_documents/Articles/alshahrani_vol5.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1743-159X
dc.source	Annual Review of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Vol 5, Pp 29-50 (2008)
dc.subject	placement test
dc.subject	rapid profile
dc.subject	second language acquisition
dc.subject	profile analyses
dc.subject	testing
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	RAPID PROFILE AS AN ALTERNATIVE ESL PLACEMENT TEST
dc.type	article