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The test is a placement test which is available for The language skills writing competences, spoken the 5 major European languages English, French, production and spoken interaction are difficult to Italian, Spanish and German as well as the examine in an online test so here the user only continental Scandinavian languages and Turkish fills in the self-assessment. and Arabic. The test can be used for placing a You get separate results for self-assessment and course participant at the correct level. actual testing for each skill. The test is interactive We will describe the test briefly in this and self-regulating in the following manner: introduction after which a more detailed step-by- You choose an entry level and you are presented step walkthrough will follow. with a self-assessment for “writing The test is based on the Common European competences ”. If you respond “can” to all 6 Framework of Reference for Languages and tests language skills you are asked to do the self- the respondents at the levels A1, A2, B1, B2 and assessment at a higher level. If you respond C1. In a placement test it does not make sense to “can” to only 1 or none of the statements, you will test at a C2 level separately. An participant who be asked to do the self-assessment at a lower scores 80% or more at the highest test level is level. thereby at level C1 or higher. When you have found the right level in the self- The test is a mixture of self-assessment and assessment process, you will be directed to a the actual testing. You will always be asked to next part of the test “vocabulary and grammar” at perform a self-assessment before moving on to the level indicated in the self-assessment. If the the next step. The evaluation determines the test shows that you are at the right level, the result is registered and you are directed to the entry level of the test. self-assessment for “reading competences ” at The test examines the skills of the respondents in the same level. If you score 90% or more, you are writing, reading and listening competences as asked to take the test at a higher level. If you well as spoken production and spoken score 20% or less you are asked to do the test at interaction. a lower level. There are separate tests for the areas vocabulary In this way the level is regulated all the way and grammar, reading competences and listening through the test. competences. The following chart shows the flow through the test. The chart does not show the option for a change of level: Self- Test : Self- Test : Self- Test : Self- Self- assessme assessment assessmen assessmen assessmen nt : t : t : t : Vocabulary Reading Listening Writing Reading Listening Spoken Spoken and competence competence competenc competence competence production interaction grammar s s es s s (speaking) (conversatio n) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 2

One possible road through the test will follow here with a guide to what the respondent should do. There are 16 steps in total. 1. When you are logged in you choose the test language and the instructional language and start the test: You choose German as the test language and English as the instructional language: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 3

2. After this, you are asked for an indicative placement for a self-assessment of your “ writing competences ”. You choose B1 as a starting point.  A1 (basic level 1: beginners)  A2 (basic level 2: pre-intermediate)  B1 (intermediate level 1)  B2 (intermediate level 2)  C1 (advanced level 1)  C2 (advanced level 2) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 4

3. You fill out the self-assessment in accordance with your own assessment of your competences: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 5

4. On the basis of this self-assessment you will also be asked to answer a self-assessment at level B2. At this level you answer “cannot” to multiple questions. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 6

5. On the basis of the result the test estimates that your self-assessment is at level B1 for ”writing competences ” and thus the test directs you to the next part of the text “vocabulary an d grammar at level B1: [The image below is just part of the test]. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 7

6. You did fairly well on the test and scored 70% in “vocabulary and grammar”. The test registers that you r level is B1 for this part of the test and automatically directs you to the self-assessment of the “reading skills” at level B1: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 8

7. In the self-assessment you assess that you are at level B1 and you are directed to the reading competences test at this stage. [Here is the first of 8 exercises as an example] 8. You did very well on the test and scored 90% of the possible points. Therefore you are asked if you would like to do the test at level B2. You take the test and score 70% of the possible points. The test registers that you are at level B2 in “ reading competences ” and directs you to a level B2 self-assessment of “ listening competences ”. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 9

9. You fill out the self-assessment but you do not believe that you meet the capability description for level B2. Howe ver, you were able to answer “can” to 3 of the 6 possible statements. Therefore the test estimates that your evaluation corresponds to level B1 for “ listening competences ”. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 10

10. The test estimates that your own evaluation corresponds to level B1 for ”listening competences ” and directs you to the test for ”listening competences test ” at level B1: [Here is the first exercise as an example] 11. You complete the listening test at level B1 and score 100%. 12. As you have scored 100% in the listening test at level B1, you are asked if you also want to do the listening test at B2. You agree and complete the listening test at level B2. It proves to be too difficult for you (you only score 30% ) so the test registers level B1 for “listening competences ”. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 11

13. You are sent on to the self-assessment of spoken production (speaking competences) at level B1. You answer “can” to 5 out of 6 possible statements and the test registers level B1 for the self- assessment of “ spoken production” (speaking competences). 14. A test for ”spoken production” (speaking competences) does not yet exist so you are sent on to the self-assessment of “ spoken interaction” (conversation competences) at level B1. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 12

15. Here you do not think that you are quite at level B1 as you are only able to answer ”can” to 3 out of 6 possible statements. The test registers that you are most likely to be level A2 for “conversation competences ”. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 13

16. Ultimately, you are asked to finish the test and you get your result chart. You have the option of printing the chart, sending it to your e-mail and/or sending it to a guidance counsellor who you can choose from a drop down menu. Test language: Name <your name> Writing Grammar and vocabulary Reading Listening Spoken Production Spoken Interaction g _____________________________________________________________________________________ Studieskolen, Folkeuniversitetet, Folkuniversitetet, Nordplus 14