1. Placement Tests A specification

2. Objectives: To assess the level of student’s general language ability, if possible in terms of the course he is going to take To place the student on a scale in relation to other students so that he can be given appropriate teaching

3. Skills: Test A:L2/R2/t scripted test Test B:R2/t narrative test Test C:R2/W2/t structured writing Test D:R2/W2/e cloze Test E:L2/W2/e dictation Test F:L2/S2/ conversation

4. Formats: Test A: Listening text, 400 words (3 minutes) + 15 items, T/F (15 minutes) Test B: Reading text 250 words + 20 items, T/F (30 minutes) Test C: Short stimulus, write about own experience (15 minutes) Test D: Cloze text, 400 words gaps every 9 th, 40 items (30 minutes) Test E:dictation, 150 words (15 minutes) Test F: conversation, 15 items from list of 25 (5 minutes) total test time: 60 or 75 minutes + 5 minutes each student (test F)

5. Materials student: Stenciled sheets/ booklet; answer sheet teacher: Tape of scripted speech and playback equipment; text of dictation; list of questions for conversation; key and marking schemes; scoring sheets (1 per student for conversation)

6. Codelanguageskillreceptiveproductive psycho- logical content LSRW 1= native language 2= target language listenspeakreadwrite√√√√ v interpret visuals (pictures diagrams) √ e apply expectancy grammar √ c show knowledge of grammar √ t mark answer mechanically (by tick or letter code) √ aact√ ddraw√ ssummarise√ Skills coding for specification: