ASTM International - ASTM F2889-11
Standard Practice for Assessing Language Proficiency
Organization: | ASTM International |
Publication Date: | 1 May 2011 |
Status: | inactive |
Page Count: | 24 |
ICS Code (Education): | 03.180 |
significance And Use:
Intended Use:
This practice is intended to serve the language test developer, test provider, and language test user communities in their ability to provide useful, timely, reliable, and... View More
scope:
1.1 Purpose-This practice describes best practices for the development and use of language tests in the modalities of speaking, listening, reading, and writing for assessing ability according to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale. This practice focuses on testing language proficiency in use of language for communicative purposes.
1.2 Limitations-This practice is not intended to address testing and test development in the following specialized areas: Translation, Interpretation, Audio Translation, Transcription, other job-specific language performance tests, or Diagnostic Assessment.
1.2.1 Tests developed under this practice should not be used to address any of the above excluded purposes (for example, diagnostics).