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