Proficiency in Listening and Reading Comprehension
Proficiency in Listening and Reading Comprehension

Author: Hidayet Tuncay

Publisher: Tuncay (Yayıncılık) Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13:

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Proficiency in Listening and Reading Comprehension Hidayet TUNCAY The book is intended to help pre-intermediate (CEFR-B1), intermediate (CEFR-B2), upper-intermediate (CEFR-C1) and advanced (CEFR-C2) learners of English who are preparing for proficiency examinations, such as TOEFL, KPDS (Language Proficiency test for Government Employees), FCE (First Certificate in English), CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), University Preparatory School Exemption Tests and mainly the Turkish Army Personnel who will take Genel Dil and ECL (English Comprehension Level). In chapter one, Advanced Reference Grammar Practice covering 10 major sections of the English Language grammar are presented with specific examples and supported with tests and exercises. In the end of this chapter a GATE (Grammar Achievement Test in English) test is given. Chapter two contains a listening part that covers three main sections: intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced. The passages contain nearly 30 different topics ranging from economy to military and are made up of 42 comprehension passages and 15 paragraphs. To ensure the learners' listening comprehension, almost 300 questions are given. All the passages in this chapter were professionally recorded by 2 native speakers of English. In chapter three, specifically chosen reading comprehension passages are given in four separate sections: intermediate (B1), upper-intermediate (B2), advanced (C1) and authentic (C2). The chapter has been reorganized and new passages are included within 67 passages in almost 30 different topics. Chapter four, Word practice covers academic, scientific, social and TOEFL, Genel Dil and ECL vocabulary. Various exercises and tests are given. Most confused and misused words are covered as well. Chapter five is the testing section which includes practice tests such as 3 English Proficiency Practice Tests with listening sections, 4 vocabulary and reading comprehension based English Screening Tests and 1 Proficiency Practice Test for general English Proficiency. All tests cover 800 questions based on listening, reading, structure and vocabulary related to both technical and social subjects. The book covers various exercises such as 403 comprehensive exercises in the grammar chapter with a complete test of GATE-Grammar Achievement Test in English. 254 open end and multiple choice exercises are in listening comprehension. Reading Comprehension chapter covers 746 comprehensive exercises to improve learners’ reading comprehension. In Word Practice chapter, 198 exercises are given to practice various academic vocabularies which learners may encounter while practicing language for various exams.

Handbook for Teaching English in Mexico and Central America
Handbook for Teaching English in Mexico and Central America

Author: J. L. Nelson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-12-19

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0595161324

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Want to teach English in Mexico? Don't know where to start? Does Costa Rica sound good? Are there jobs there? Want to drive to Honduras? Is it safe? This 'Handbook' will answer these questions and many more. It is a fact-filled guide for finding teaching jobs in Mexico and Central America. It describes the job market and gives concrete information about where and how to look. There's also a mini-course on teaching English to help you in those all-important job interviews. And once you've found that job, the 'Handbook' provides practical teaching suggestions to help you survive. But it doesn't stop there. There are four personal commentaries by people who have done just what you want to do. And throughout the 'Handbook,' the author draws on her experiences from more than ten years of teaching (and driving) south of the border to give you that edge.

Text Complexity and Reading Comprehension Tests
Text Complexity and Reading Comprehension Tests

Author: Erik Castello

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9783039117178

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Based on the analysis of a specially compiled corpus of internationally recognized English as a foreign language (EFL) reading tests at different levels of proficiency, this volume explores the relation between the complexity of written texts and the difficulty of reading comprehension tests. It brings together linguistic investigations into the text-inherent complexity of the tests and a study of the data derived from their administration to groups of Italian university students. The study of text complexity draws on corpus linguistics, text linguistics and systemic functional linguistics. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses are carried out on the language used in the reading texts and in the related tasks that make up the corpus of tests. The assessment of test difficulty, on the other hand, is informed by research on language testing, and, in particular, by findings and methodologies of Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory. Relevant aspects of these theories are used to analyze and interpret both the data obtained from the administration of the tests and the data collected by means of feedback questionnaires completed by test takers. The application of such diverse methodologies and the subsequent comparison of the results of the analyses has brought out interesting correlations between text-inherent complexity, perceived test difficulty and actual test difficulty.