Score Analysis and Interpretation of a School-Based Placement Test on the Basis of the CSE

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10.2991/assehr.k.220107.061How to use a DOI?

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the CSE; placement test; score analysis; HIT

Abstract

The newly developed China’s Standards of English Language Ability (the CSE) defines the levels of English ability of Chinese learners. As one of the practical studies to support its feasibility, this study aims to draw a picture of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) freshmen’s English language proficiency with the CSE as yardstick by applying it to the placement test for freshmen at HIT. This study compares the original grouping strategy with the new CSE-based strategy and speculates the possible reasons of students’ test performance according to the current state of English education in China and with the backing of previous relevant research. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research method was adopted in this research, and test data were collected from “iFlyTEK” online test platform and analyzed by SPSS. The main results are as follows: First, when grouped according to separate section of the test paper for specific English abilities, students were placed from level 4 to 8 of the CSE with the best performance in the reading section, the worst in listening section; when grouped according to the average point of listening, reading and writing, students were placed among the CSE 3 to 6. Second, the CSE-based grouping strategy is valid. Meanwhile, it is much closer to the actual English proficiency of students tested than the traditional method. Third, students’ performance in listening mainly results from the imbalance of Chinese high-school English teaching and students’ unfamiliarity to the test items and online test platform. This study is innovative in that it serves as a preparation for the next stage of our research which is to develop a new terminal final test for freshmen at HIT based on the CSE, and ameliorates the assessment of English proficiency of students in HIT.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Juntao Cheng
AU  - Huijie Li
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/20
TI  - Score Analysis and Interpretation of a School-Based Placement Test on the Basis of the CSE
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Education Research and Social Science (ISERSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 316
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220107.061
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220107.061
ID  - Cheng2022
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