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Yan, Xun 2023-05 application/pdf en text Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms The student, Anna Krokhmal, accepted the attached license on 2023-04-15 at 13:59. The student, Anna Krokhmal, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2023-04-15 at 14:08. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2023-04-17 at 15:19. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18996 on 2023-09-01 at 17:08:46 Validity of the English Placement Test at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Krokhmal, Anna 2023-04-17 Face Validity Predictive Validity Placement Test Esl This study investigates predictive and face validity of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in-house English Placement Test using students’ and instructors’ perception data regarding the test and the ESL academic writing courses offered by the University. For this investigation, anonymous survey responses have been collected from 99 international students and 21 ESL Program instructors who have taken/taught ESL academic writing courses at the University. The results of the study indicate that the English Placement Test has a limited predictive ability of students’ self-perceived writing skills which was only observed in graduate student courses. It has been also found that both students and instructors find ESL academic writing courses generally useful and are generally satisfied with the EPT while also suggesting ideas for improvement of the ESL curriculum and the test itself. The study provides valuable information for the ESL Program that could help improve both instructors’ and international students’ experience with academic writing at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Thesis eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120271 Copyright 2023 Anna Krokhmal M.A. Thesis Teaching of English Sec Lang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Linguistics