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The Common Final Test (CFT) is a standardised reading and writing test developed at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna and taken by all students at the end of the second semester of Integrated Language and Study Skills (ILSS, see Martinek & Savukova, this volume). A first version of the CFT was introduced in tandem with the implementation of new curricula and course designs in the English Language Competence (ELC) programme in the winter semester 2002/03.
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Martinek, T., Berger, A. (2021). The Common Final Test. In: Berger, A., Heaney, H., Resnik, P., Rieder-Bünemann, A., Savukova, G. (eds) Developing Advanced English Language Competence. English Language Education, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79241-1_12
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