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The Oxford Test of English (OTE) is an on demand computer-adaptive test of English proficiency for non-native speakers of English, reporting at A2, B1, ... OxfordTestofEnglish FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch OxfordTestofEnglishAcronymOTETypeStandardizedtestDeveloper/administratorOxfordUniversityPressKnowledge/skillstestedSpeaking,Listening,Reading,andWritingoftheEnglishlanguagePurposeToassesstheEnglishlanguageproficiencyofnon-nativeEnglishspeakersYearstarted2017;4 yearsago (2017)DurationSpeaking:Approx.15minutes.Listening:Approx.30minutes,Reading:35minutes,Writing:45minutes,Total:Approx.2hours.Score/graderange0to140.Score/gradevalidityScoresarevalidforlifeOfferedAvailableondemandatapprovedtestcentresRestrictionsonattemptsCanberetakenafteronemonthCountries/regionsAvailablegloballyLanguagesEnglishPrerequisites/eligibilitycriteriaNoofficialprerequisite.Intendedfornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.FeeCheckwithlocalapprovedtestcentreWebsitewww.oxfordtestofenglish.com TheOxfordTestofEnglish(OTE)isanondemandcomputer-adaptivetestofEnglishproficiencyfornon-nativespeakersofEnglish,reportingatA2,B1,andB2levelsoftheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReference(CEFR).ThetestwasdevelopedbyOxfordUniversityPress(OUP)toprovidelearnersofEnglishwithaquick,reliablewaytoprovetheirlevelofEnglishproficiencyforuniversityentrance,employmentandtravel.ThetestiscertifiedbytheUniversityofOxfordandisavailableworldwide.[1] Contents 1History 2Testspecifications 2.1Modules 2.2Computeradaptive 2.3Humanmarking 2.3.1Markingqualityassurance 3Results 4Testsecurity 5Specialrequirements 6OxfordTestofEnglishforSchools 7References History[edit] TheOxfordTestofEnglishwasdevelopedoveranumberofyears[2]andlaunchedinSpainin2017,[3]whereithasgainedwiderecognition,includingtheAssociationofLanguageCentresinHigherEducation(ACLES).[4]ThetestwaslaunchedgloballyinApril2019[5]atthe53rdIATEFLconferenceattheTateLiverpool.[6]Thetestwasshortlistedfor'bestinsummativeassessment'inthe2020e-AssessmentAwards.[7]In2021,thetestwasindependentlyevaluatedbyECCTIS[8]whoreportedthetestas"AsoundassessmentofgeneralEnglishlanguageproficiency"[9] Testspecifications[edit] Modules[edit] TheOxfordTestofEnglishconsistsoffourmodules:Speaking,Listening,Reading,andWriting.Modulescanbetakenindividuallyorinanycombination.Fulltestspecificationsareavailable.[10] MODULE PART TESTFOCUS Speaking 1 Interview:Eightspokenquestionsoneverydaytopics 2 Voicemails:Voicemail1:leavingavoicemail.Voicemail2replyingtoavoicemail 3 Talk:A60-secondtalkonatopicorissue 4 Follow-upquestions:SixquestionsrelatedtothetopicofthePart3talk Listening 1 Fivediscreteshortmonologues/dialogueswithpictureoptions,eachwithonequestion 3 Alongerdialoguewithataskfocusingonidentifyingopinions 4 Fivediscreteshortmonologues/dialogueswithpictureoptions,eachwithonequestion Reading 1 Sixshorttextseachwithonequestion 2 MatchingsixprofilestofourtextsORmatching6sentencestothreetexts 3 Replacingsixextractedsentencesintoatext 4 Atextwithfourquestions Writing 1 Email:Writinganemailbasedonathreeprompts 2 EssayORmagazinearticle:WritinganessayonarelevanttopicORwritingamagazinearticle,whichmaybeareview Computeradaptive[edit] TheListeningandReadingmodulesoftheOxfordTestofEnglishusecomputer-adaptivetesting(CATs).Computeradaptivetestscanbemoreefficient[11]andprovidemoreprecisemeasurement[12]thantraditionaltests.Theadaptivetestworksbyselectingeachsuccessivequestionfromalargebankofquestions,basedonthetesttaker'sresponsetothepreviousquestion.Thegainsinefficiencymakeforshortertests,andthereisevidencethatthismayreducetheamountofstressatesttakerfeelsduringthetest,thoughsomeresearchhassuggestedthatthereisnorelationbetweenCATsandtestanxiety[13]orthatCATsmayintroduceothercausesofstress[14] Humanmarking[edit] TheSpeakingandWritingmodulesaremarkedbytrainedassessors.Testtaker'sresponsesaredividedinto'scripts'formarking. FortheWritingmodule,Script1(thePart1emailresponse)ismarkedbyoneassessor,andScript2(thePart2essayormagazine/articleresponse)ismarkedbyanotherassessor,eachmarkingonfourcriteria:Taskfulfillment,Organization,Grammar,andLexis.Themarksfromthetwoassessorsarecombinedandconvertedintoastandardizedscore. FortheSpeakingmodule,responsestoPart1and2aresenttooneassessor,andParts3and4toaseparateassessor,eachmarkingonfourcriteria:Taskfulfillment,Pronunciationandfluency,Grammar,andLexis.Themarksfromthetwoassessorsarecombinedandconvertedintoastandardizedscore. Markingqualityassurance[edit] Markingqualitybyassessorsismanagethroughasystemoftrainingandcertificationpriortomarking,andtheuseof'seeds',pre-calibratedscriptswhichtheassessormustmarkwithintolerance.[15]Markingoutoftoleranceleadstotheassessorbeingre-standardized,retrainedorsuspendedfrommarking. Results[edit] Fortesttakerswhohavetakenallfourmodules,acertificateisissuedshowingtheCEFRlevelandstandardizedscoreforeachmodule,andanoverallCEFRlevelandoverallscore.Wherethreeoffewermoduleshavebeentaken,areportcardisissuedforeachmodule.Certificatesreflectatesttaker'sbestperformance,soifatesttakerre-takesamoduleandtheirperformanceimproves,theimprovedscorewillbereflectedintheircertificate.Certificateresultsareforlife,thoughreceivinginstitutionssuchasuniversitiesmayrequireresultstobewithinaparticulartimeframe. ResultsfortheListeningandReadingmodulesareavailableimmediatelyafterthecompletionofthetest.SpeakingandWritingresultsareavailablewithin14days. TheCEFRlevelsandstandardizedscoresareshowninthistable: CEFR Standardizedscore B2.2 126-140 B2.1 111-125 B1.2 96-110 B1.1 81-95 A2.2 66-80 A2.1 51-65 Testsecurity[edit] Thetestutilizesanumberofmeasurestomaintaintestsecurityandtheintegrityofthetestresults.Thisincludestestadministrationonlyatapprovedtestcentresusingtrainedstaff;asecurebrowserwhichpreventsaccesstounsanctionedapplicationsduringthetest;assessorstrainedtoidentifypotentialmalpractice;statisticalmonitoring. Specialrequirements[edit] Thetestcanbetakenwitharangeofaccessibilityaccommodations,includingdisplayoptionsforcolourblindness,breaksduringthetest,andadditionaltime. OxfordTestofEnglishforSchools[edit] Launchedin2020,a'secondaryschool'versionofOTE,theOxfordTestofEnglishforSchools,isaversionofthetestfortesttakers12to16yearsold.TheOxfordTestofEnglishforSchoolsisidenticaltoTheOxfordTestofEnglish,withthefollowingexceptions: Thecontentismoreappropriatefortheagegroup12-16 TheSpeakingVoicemailsrequireinformalorneutralresponses,butdonotrequireformalresponses References[edit] ^"TestTakers|OxfordUniversityPress".elt.oup.com. ^"ALTE5thInternationalConference"(PDF).events.cambridgeenglish.org.2014.Retrieved15March2020. ^"OxforddesafíaalexamendeinglésdeCambridge".ELMUNDO.5April2017. ^"Centrosdelenguas|ACLES".www.acles.es. ^News,ThePIE."OUPlaunchesOxfordTestofEnglish".thepienews.com. ^"IATEFL|OxfordUniversityPress".www.elt.oup.com. ^"2020e-AssessmentAwards".www.e-assessment.com. ^"ECCTIS(formerlyUKNARIC)".www.ecctis.com. ^"OxfordTestofEnglish:IndependentCEFRreferencing"(PDF).www.elt.oup.com.Retrieved3December2021. ^"Testspecifications"(PDF).fdslive.oup.com.Retrieved15March2020. ^"AReviewofModelsforComputer-BasedTesting"(PDF).files.eric.ed.gov.Retrieved15March2020. ^Weiss,DavidJ.(3October2011)."BetterDataFromBetterMeasurementsUsingComputerizedAdaptiveTesting".JournalofMethodsandMeasurementintheSocialSciences.2(1):1–27.doi:10.2458/v2i1.12351–viajournals.uair.arizona.edu. ^Powers,DonaldE.(15March1999)."TestAnxietyandTestPerformance:ComparingPaper-BasedandComputer-AdaptiveVersionsoftheGreGeneralTest".ETSResearchReportSeries.1999(2):i–32.doi:10.1002/j.2333-8504.1999.tb01813.x–viaWileyOnlineLibrary. ^Colwell,Nicole(2013)."TestAnxiety,Computer-AdaptiveTestingandtheCommonCore"(PDF).files.eric.ed.gov.Retrieved15March2020. ^OfqualReporttemplate Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Test_of_English&oldid=1059401290" Categories:StandardizedtestsforEnglishlanguageOxfordUniversityPressHiddencategories:UsedmydatesfromNovember2015 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Addlinks