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Walters, Francis Scott Davidson, Fred Zhang, Xiaowan 2016-07-07T20:27:53Z 2016-07-07T20:27:53Z 2018-07-08T09:15:30Z 2016-04-22 2016-05 The role that released test specifications can play during test preparation is often neglected by test takers, and even researchers. Focusing on the Test for English Majors-Band 4 (TEM4) in a Chinese EFL setting, this paper investigates the preparation effects associated with the use of TEM4 Syllabus, or its released specifications. Data collection involved 48 test takers of the TEM4 recruited from a large university in central China, where the experimental group was given a tutorial session on the TEM4 Syllabus as the treatment. Specifically, the study measured the effects associated with the TEM4 Syllabus by using a quantitative metric of score improvement and a qualitative metric informed by a framework adapted from the work of Messick (1982) and Xie (2013). Along with its exploration of possible preparation effects, this paper also discusses the ethicality of different test preparation methods and touches on the issue of specification releasability (Davidson, 2012). Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01 The student, Xiaowan Zhang, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-20 at 14:03. The student, Xiaowan Zhang, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-20 at 14:04. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-04-22 at 14:07. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9375 on 2016-07-07 at 13:50:28 Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T20:27:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 ZHANG-THESIS-2016.pdf: 735308 bytes, checksum: 95ded1a98c172fe6aa428c44e234b73c (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4210 bytes, checksum: 43ee3566b65ebcd3158954aa9e1142c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-22 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93159 Lift date: 2018-07-07T20:28:14Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93159 Lift date: 2018-07-07T20:35:34Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 93159 on 2018-07-08T09:15:30Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90807 en Copyright 2016, Xiaowan Zhang released test specifications releasability issue Test for English Majors-Band 4 (TEM4) test preparation The relationship between test takers' performance on the TEM4 and their knowledge of the released test specifications text text Linguistics Teaching of English Sec Lang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.A.