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  2. Linguistic performance - Wikipedia

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    John A. Hawkins's Performance-Grammar Correspondence Hypothesis (PGCH) states that the syntactic structures of grammars are conventionalized based on whether and how much the structures are preferred in performance. [18] Performance preference is related to structure complexity and processing, or comprehension, efficiency. Specifically, a ...

  3. General Tests of English Language Proficiency - Wikipedia

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    G-TELP Business Writing evaluates an examinee’s ability to write clearly and effectively in a business setting. The test lasts about 60 minutes and consists of 5 areas. It is composed of tasks that assess grammar, vocabulary, organization, style, and substance. The test has a score range between level 1 and the level 11. [16]

  4. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    IELTS is one of the major English-language tests in the world. The IELTS test has two modules: Academic and General Training. IELTS One Skill Retake was introduced for computer-delivered tests in 2023, which allows a test taker to retake any one section (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking) of the test. [7]

  5. Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English

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    Stage 3 (5–7 minutes): the test takers compare and contrast the options they have individually chosen and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each option. The test takers must come to an agreement on one single option. Stage 4 (5–7 minutes): the test takers must convince Examiner 2 that the option they have chosen is the best one ...

  6. List of language proficiency tests - Wikipedia

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    The following is a non-exhaustive list of standardized tests that assess a person's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Various types of such exams exist per many languages—some are organized at an international level even through national authoritative organizations, while others simply for specific limited business or study orientation.

  7. Cambridge Assessment English - Wikipedia

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    Cambridge Assessment English or Cambridge English develops and produces Cambridge English Qualifications and the International English Language Testing System ().The organisation contributed to the development of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the standard used around the world to benchmark language skills, [2] and its qualifications and tests are aligned with ...

  8. Trinity College London ESOL - Wikipedia

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    ISE IV Reading & Writing and Speaking & Listening is assessed by means of one overall criterion, Task fulfilment. This is assessed in each phase of the Interview using a four-point scale (A–D). The examiner assesses the candidate's performance in each phase of the exam by awarding a letter grade: A, B, C or D: [ 2 ]

  9. Linguistic competence - Wikipedia

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    In general, performance-based explanations deliver a simpler theory of grammar at the cost of additional assumptions about memory and parsing. As a result, the choice between a competence-based explanation and a performance-based explanation for a given phenomenon is not always obvious and can require investigating whether the additional ...