Roberta Grandi

Università della Valle d’Aosta

 

The materials here enclosed are the preliminary result of an ongoing research project.

The present study aims not at providing a list of the best and worse online tests since few months after the publication it would be irremediably outdated. The first purpose is to study the current offer and verify some preliminary assumptions of the author. The second is to provide stimuli and suggestions for developers of online tests for the future. The third is to provide EFL teachers and learners with an assessment model of web-based proficiency tests which has been drafted according to ideas and guidelines suggested by literature and direct experience.

The material is organized as follows:

First, a bibliography of the most relevant and useful literature published on this subject. Second, the analysis of several web-based proficiency tests and the criteria according to which they have been evaluated. Finally, the assessment grid presenting the scores received by the assessed tests.

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Roberta Grandi

– Università della Valle d’Aosta

Here follows a list of 16 websites providing free online English Proficiency Tests. They are all low stake tests, often aimed at directing perspective students to the adequate language course. They have been selected as study material for a research project whose preliminary results are available in the Working Paper Section, where it is possible to find indications on the main features of the tests and their general evaluation.

 

LCCI Placement Test University of Cambridge, Test of English TOEFL Practice Test ToLearnEnglish.com Free Placement Test EasyEnglish.com Free Test English Online: My English Level Forum Education World English: English Grammar Placement Test Learn English: Placement tests English Hilfen: Test your English Exam English English Town Net Languages Vancouver Centre, Vancouver English Grammar Test VEC English Grammar Test International House London Oxford House college

 

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Gratuito e di ottima qualità, questo dizionario è in realtà composto da 5 dizionari diversi: Advanced Learners, Learners, American English, Idioms e Phrasal Verbs. Effettuando poi la ricerca di un singolo lemma, viene proposto anche il Visual Thesaurus (molto grazioso ma un po’ lento da caricare).

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Dizionario monolingue e thesaurus, pronuncia audio, permette anche l’accesso all’Encyclopaedia Britannica.

http://www.wordreference.com/

Dizionario bilingue Inglese-lingua 2 (con scelta tra Italiano, Spagnolo, Francese, Tedesco e Russo). Vi sono anche link a forum di discussione dedicati a problemi di traduzione linguistica di particolari espressioni idiomatiche

http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/

Dizionario bilingue Inglese-Italiano. È necessaria la registrazione gratuita.

http://dictionary.reference.com/

Dizionario monolingue e thesaurus, pronuncia audio.