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Military Language Testing at the National Defence University and the Common European Framework

This conference focused on military language testing, including bilingual and monolingual examinations, job descriptions, and interviews with officers and NCOs. It also addressed the observance of regulations for conducting examinations, continuous pretesting and renewal of items, and training of testers.

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Military Language Testing at the National Defence University and the Common European Framework

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  1. Military Language Testing at the National Defence University and the Common European Framework BILC CONFERENCE 2006. BUDAPEST

  2. General language examination in five languages • ARMA bilingual military examination in nine languages • NATO STANAG 6001 monolingual language examination

  3. Interviews with officers and NCOs • Job descriptions of soldiers serving in NATO positions • Hungarian officers and NCOs serving at the NATO headquarters

  4. Observance of the regulations for the conduct of examinations; • Continuous pretesting and renewal of items; • Continuous training and observing of testers

  5. COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK

  6. ESL Exams in Hungary • University Of Cambridge ESOL • Trinity College London ESOL & GESE • The European Language Certificates • Pitman Qualifications • Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch ÖSD • Goethe-Institut vizsgarendszere • LEXINFO • LCCIEB EFB angol üzleti szaknyelv • Euro • ECL nyelvvizsga • Bibliai héber • Diplomáciai szaknyelvi vizsga • Certifications de l´ Alliance française de Paris

  7. Linking Separate Assessments • Equating • Calibrating • Statistical moderation • Benchmarking • Social moderation

  8. Linking Process • Selection of appropriate procedures • Project planning • Coordination of the participants • Application of the procedures • Recording of results

  9. Linking Procedures • Familiarisation • Specification • Standardisation • Empirical Validation

  10. Familiarisation • Discussion of the Common European Framework levels • Qualitative analysis of the Common European Framework levels

  11. The Specification Stage

  12. Manual:Relating Language Examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEF)

  13. Specification: Description of the coverage of the examination in relation to the Common European Framework

  14. Content analysis procedures: • filling in a number of checklists • using relevant CEF descriptors to relate the exam to the categories and levels of the CEF

  15. The Aims of the Specification • To analyse the content in relation to the relevant categories of the CEF • To profile the examination in relation to the relevant descriptor scales of the CEF • To make a claim that an examination is related to a particular level of the CEF

  16. Phase 1: A general description of the examination or test tasks • Phase 2: A detailed description of the examination or test tasks

  17. Stage 1General Examination Description Form (A1)

  18. Stage 2Forms on Different Aspects of the Examination • The test development process (Form A2) • The marking schemes and scoring rules for different subtests (Form A3) • The grading and standard-setting procedures for different subtests (Form A4) • The reporting of results (Form A5) • The analysis and review procedures (Form A6)

  19. Form 3A: Marking

  20. The Detailed Description of the Examination

  21. Forms for the Communicative Language Activities • Listening Comprehension • Reading Comprehension • Spoken Interaction • Written Interaction • Spoken Production • Written Production • Integrated Skill Combinations • Integrated Skills • Spoken Mediation • Written Mediation

  22. Listening Comprehension

  23. After reading the scale for Overall Listening Comprehension, indicate and justify at which level(s) of the scale the subtest should be situated

  24. Forms for the Aspects of Communicative Language Competence • Reception • Interaction • Production • Mediation

  25. Outcome • A narrative description of the examination • Completed versions of the relevant forms • A graphical presentation of the relationship of the examination to the CEF levels

  26. Thank you for your attention

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