{"id":683,"date":"2018-10-19T06:02:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/?p=683"},"modified":"2018-10-19T06:02:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:02:34","slug":"ef-set-standard-english-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/ef-set-standard-english-test\/","title":{"rendered":"EF Set, Standard English Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Purpose: <\/b>A quick measure of language proficiency<\/p>\n<p><b>Sources:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.efset.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.efset.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Short description: <\/b>A\u00a0free proficiency listening \/ reading proficiency test created by Education First. There is a short (15 minute) free test and longer (50 minute and 120 minute) paid tests.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The results are aligned with CEFR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sample questions:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructions: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The online test has two sections &#8211; one listening and one reading. You will have up to\u00a0<strong>7 minutes and 30 seconds<\/strong>\u00a0to complete\u00a0<strong>each<\/strong>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sample questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Reading)<\/p>\n<p>The frog was\u00a0<strong>__<\/strong>\u00a0from stone to stone.<\/p>\n<p>hopping<br \/>\nstepping<br \/>\ndiving<br \/>\ndropping<\/p>\n<p>(Listening)<\/p>\n<p>What is the best response to Speaker 1?<\/p>\n<p>Yes please, one sugar.<br \/>\nNo thanks, I\u2019ve eaten.<br \/>\nI didn\u2019t make one yet.<br \/>\nI would like breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><b>Paid or free:\u00a0<\/b>Free (but a paid version gives more options)<\/p>\n<p><b>Reliability\/validity measures:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Commissioned report states that &#8220;EFSET PLUS scores are highly reliable across the entire score scale&#8221;.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.efset.org\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.efset.org\/research\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Setting:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tutoring center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-access learning center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-administration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Stakeholder(s):\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researcher<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning advisor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teacher<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Type of measurement:\u00a0<\/b>Online test<\/p>\n<p><b>Possible uses:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-evaluation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre- and post- test evaluation of an intervention<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ease of implementation:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy. 52 items, est. 50 min.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Advantages:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy to answer, administer, and score<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Free<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimal time commitment<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Adaptive<\/li>\n<li>Can be run multiple time (there is a bank of questions)<\/li>\n<li>It generates a CEFR score and certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Drawbacks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raw data is not accessible<\/li>\n<li>Only tests reading and listening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Studies this has been used in:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Used by Harvard Graduate School of Education for research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose: A quick measure of language proficiency Sources:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.efset.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}