Pearson sponsored Language Testing External Research projects 2011 winners

The 2011 winners of Pearson sponsored Language Testing External Research projects are:

  • Janna Fox & Wendy Fraser, Carleton University, Canana

Standard Setting: Relating the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Assessment to the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic in the context of admission to teritiary study in Canada.

  • Zeynep Kocoglu, Yeditepe University , Turkey

An investigation of the crition-related and predictive validity of PTE Academic Test for Turkish EFL student teachers

  • Nathaniel Owen,   University of Leicester , UK

Suitability of PTE Academic as an exit test for pre-sessional EAP course - A comparative analysis

  • Stuart Perrin, Queen Mary, University of London , UK

Suitability of PTE Academic as an exit test for pre-sessional courses and/or foundation programme

  • Mehdi Riazi, Macquarie University , Australia

Investigating the Scalability and Criterion-related (Concurrent and Predictive) Validity of PTE-Academic

  • Wei Wei, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , Vietnam

Washback effect on language learning strategies: A case study uing PTE Academic speaking items

  • Jin Yan, Shanghai Jiaotong University , China

Effects of Skill Integration on Language Assessment: A Comparative Study of PTE Academic and IB CET-6

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