Test Test Date Reading Listening Speaking Writing Total

TELXML October 17, 2010 14 12 15 18 59

How to interpret scores?

Reading  Skills Level   Your Performance  

Test takers who receive a score at the LOW level, as you did, typically

understand some of the information presented in academic texts in English that
require a wide range of reading abilities, but their understanding is limited.
Test takers who receive a score at the LOW level typically
 have a command of basic academic vocabulary, but their
understanding of less common vocabulary is inconsistent;
 have limited ability to understand and connect information, have
difficulty recognizing paraphrases of text information, and often rely on
Reading Low(0-14) particular words and phrases rather than a complete understanding of the
text;
 have difficulty identifying the author's purpose, except when that
purpose is explicitly stated in the text or easy to infer from the text; and
 can sometimes recognize major ideas from a text when the
information is clearly presented, memorable, or illustrated by examples but
have difficulty doing so when the text is more demanding.
 

Listening  Skills Level   Your Performance  

Listening Low(0-13) Test takers who receive a score at the LOW level, as you did, typically
understand the main idea and some important details of conversations.
However, test takers at the low level may have difficulty understanding lectures
and conversations in English that involve abstract or complex ideas and
recognizing the relationship between those ideas. Test takers at this level also
may not understand sections of lectures and conversations that contain difficult
vocabulary or complex grammatical structures.
Test takers at the LOW level typically can
 understand main ideas when they are stated explicitly or marked as
important but may have difficulty understanding main ideas if they are not
stated explicitly;
 understand important details when they are stated explicitly or marked
as important but may have difficulty understanding details if they are not
repeated or clearly marked as important, or if they are conveyed over several
exchanges among different speakers;
  understand ways that speakers use language to emphasize a point or
to indicate agreement or disagreement, but generally only when the
information is related to a central theme or is clearly marked as important;
and
 make connections between the key ideas in a conversation,
particularly if the ideas are related to a central theme or are repeated.
 

Speaking  Skills Level   Your Performance  

Your responses indicate some difficulty speaking in English about everyday

experiences and opinions. Listeners sometimes have trouble understanding you
Speaking about familiar because of noticeable problems with pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
Limited(1.5 - 2.0)
topics While you are able to respond partially to the questions, you are not able to fully
develop your ideas, possibly due to limited vocabulary and grammar.
 

Your responses indicate that you have some difficulty speaking in English about
information from conversations, newspaper articles, university publications, and
so on. While you are able to talk about some of the key information from these
Speaking about campus
Limited(1.5 - 2.0) sources, limited grammar and vocabulary may prevent you from fully expressing
situations
your ideas. Problems with pronunciation make it difficult for listeners to
understand you at times.
 

In your responses, you are able to use English to talk about the basic ideas from
academic reading or lecture materials, but, in general, you include few relevant
or accurate details. It is sometimes difficult for listeners to understand your
Speaking about
responses because of problems with grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
academic course Limited(1.5 - 2.0)
Overall, you are able to respond in a general way to the questions, but the
content
amount of information in your responses is limited and the expression of ideas is
often vague and unclear.
 

Writing  Skills Level   Your Performance  

You responded to the task, relating the lecture to the reading, but your response
indicates weaknesses such as
 an important idea or ideas may be missing, unclear, or inaccurate;
Writing based on  there may be unclarity in how the lecture and the reading passage are
Fair(2.5 - 3.5)
reading and listening related; and/or
 grammatical mistakes or vague/incorrect uses of words may make the
writing difficult to understand.
 

Writing based on Fair(2.5 - 3.5) You expressed ideas with reasons, examples, and details, but your response
knowledge and indicated weaknesses such as
experience  you may not provide enough specific support and development for
your main points;
 your ideas may be difficult to follow because of how you organize your
essay or because of the language you use to connect your ideas; and/or
 grammatical mistakes or vague/incorrect uses of words may make the
 writing difficult to understand.