ASTM F 2889 : 2011 : R2020
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Standard Practice for Assessing Language Proficiency
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01-04-2020
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F 43
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Standard Practice
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24
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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Current
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1.1Purpose—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 in accordance with the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR)2 scale. This practice focuses on testing language proficiency in use of language for communicative purposes.
1.2Limitations—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.
1.2.1Tests developed under this practice should not be used to address any of the above excluded purposes (for example, diagnostics).
1.3This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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