Belgin Aydın Meral Melek Unver Global Scale of English (GSE) Based English Proficiency Test: Anadolu University Case Belgin Aydın Meral Melek Unver

School of Foreign Languages Our Student Profile 100% TMI 100 % EMI 30% EMI AIM: to provide our students with the necessary skills and strategies that will help them to cope with their departmental studies conducted in English, German, French and Russian .

Background of the study Inconsistency in the perception of PROFICIENCY Problems in Testing Trained experts Sufficient sources Practical difficulties in testing Contextual difference Face-to-face Interviews with the Other FL Schools Experts in the field Literature

Global Scale of English (GSE)

Do we NEED to teach this outcome? Which MATERIALS do we need? How much TIME do we need to teach ? Do we want to TEST this outcome? Our Curriculum Development Process

Weeks Outcomes GSE Range Units Time Tasks Lab Tasks Supplementary Materials Assessment 6 Can extract essential details from short everyday texts delivered slowly and clearly 43-50 4.2. Listening: Dream jobs Task 4 Group presentation creating a product or business Preparing a study set of vocabulary by using Quizlet ------ Listening: Extracting details from texts

Progressive Assessment Placement Progressive Assessment Proficiency

Distribution of Questions (Placement)

Distribution of Questions (Proficiency)

Operation of the Unit deciding the number of items needed organization of labor division submission if items to the unit head second editing by administration first editing by unit members proofreading by other instructors final editing by administration Copying and administrating the test Statistical analyses and further revisions

5 Placement 10 Proficiency (speaking + writing) Since May 2014

Factor Analysis of Proficiency Tests

Result Consciousness raising in the teachers and testing unit members Safer and more secure steps in Transparency More reliable and valid tests Positive washback