Post-admission Language Assessment of University Students

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Read, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: English Language Education, 6
• Subjects: Education.; Language and education.; Assessment.; Higher education.; Language Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Higher Education.

English-medium universities around the world face real challenges in ensuring that incoming students have the language and literacy skills they need to cope with the demands of their degree programmes. One response has been a variety of institutional initiatives to assess students after admission, i...