Language tests developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment (CELA)
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Keywords:
EFL (English as a second language), Cambridge ESOL (Cambridge examination for not native speakers of English), CELA (Cambridge English Language Assessment), CPE (Cambridge proficiency exam),Abstract
This article presents a survey on International English Language Tests which are being used in the Kazakhstani education market. It also discusses types of language tests designed by CELA. If these tests are previously required for getting admission to foreign universities, but nowadays they are required for getting a job in international companies in Kazakhstan, as well as for admission to master's and doctorate programmes in higher educations of the country. In this article we will consider only the examination tests by Cambridge English Language Assessment among all other foreign language tests. Thus, the bulk of examinations conducted in Kazakhstan are the products of the Cambridge English Language Assessment. The author tries to find an answer to the question why these tests have been reliably spreading within the educational market of Kazakhstan. Also, the article presents a historiclal review on the background of CELA and development of language test tasks on the basis of existing theories in linguistics, sociolinguistics and other related diciplines.References
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3 O’Sullivan B. A Brief History of Language testing in Cambridge: Guide to Second Language Assessment. – New York, USA:Cambridge University Press, First edition, 2012. – 9-19 p.
4 http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/a-special-year/
5 Weir C. A survey of the History of the Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) in the twentieth century in Studies in Language Testing. – Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. – 1-56 p.
6 Spolsky B. Measured Words. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.– 17p.
7 http://www.cambridgeenglish.org
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2015-10-19
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Tleshova, Z. K. (2015). Language tests developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment (CELA). Eurasian Journal of Philology: Science and Education, 149(3). Retrieved from https://philart.kaznu.kz/index.php/1-FIL/article/view/447
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