Level

Beginning to low-advanced

About

The CaMLA English Placement Test (EPT) is designed to quickly and reliably place ESL students into homogeneous ability levels. It provides an accurate assessment of a test taker’s general receptive language proficiency by measuring performance in the following key skill areas:

• listening comprehension
• grammatical knowledge
• vocabulary range
• reading comprehension

Teachers and program administrators will be able to confidently place ESL students into appropriate levels and classes based on a CaMLA EPT score. CaMLA EPT forms D, E, and F are parallel forms of the test. 

Format

• 80-item multiple-choice exam
• Time: 60 minutes
• 3 forms available: D, E, F
• Scoring is by punched stencil (purchasers may use their own scannable answer sheets)

Content

The exam questions on the CaMLA EPT assess the following:

• listening comprehension of questions and conversations (audio recording included)
• grammar in conversational contexts
• selection of vocabulary to fit the context of single sentences
• reading comprehension of sentences and texts

CaMLA EPT Sam​ple Exam Items (PDF)

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