Comparing a Skills-Focused English Test Against a Lexico-Fluency English Test for International Nursing Students in Higher Education

Amanda Muller, Michael Daller

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Abstract

This paper expands on the rationale, context, and conclusions of a study conducted by Müller & Daller (2019) which looked at the performance of the academic version of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and English testing using the C-test format among international nursing students at an Australian university. The results found for the study will be reproduced, with some comments made about how to interpret the findings in a wider educational context.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-34
Number of pages6
JournalIAFOR International Conference on Education, official conference proceedings
VolumeHawaii 2019
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2019
EventThe IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2019: Independence & Interdependence - The Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu, United States
Duration: 3 Jan 20195 Jan 2019
https://papers.iafor.org/proceedings/conference-proceedings-iicehawaii2019/

Keywords

  • Conference paper
  • Language Testing
  • IELTS
  • C-test
  • nursing
  • international students

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