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This chapter reports on a quantitative investigation, conducted in 2015, of the perceptions of the end-users of the LPATE and related stakeholders after 15 years of LPATE administrations. The objectives of the study were to investigate, quantitatively, perceptions of the extent to which English teachers’ English language standards may have improved since the introduction of the LPATE in 2000 and their perceptions of the impact of the LPATE [NOTE 1].
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Appendix A: English Language Proficiency Standards 2015
Thank you very much for participating in the survey of English language proficiency standards . There are 33 questions in the survey. The survey takes about 10–15 min. Please tick the box (or boxes) that apply to you.
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Would you be available for a short follow-up interview? YES/NO
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If your answer to Question 31 is Yes, please enter your contact details.
Your information will be kept in the strictest confidence and will only be used for contact purposes.
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Please add any further comments about the LPATE and/or English language proficiency below.
Appendix B: LPATE Results
Year | Candidature | Reading (%) | Writing (%) | Listening (%) | Speaking (%) | CLA (%) |
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2001 | 396 | 86 | 33 | 68 | 51 | 89 |
2002 | 708 | 55 | 29 | 39 | 58 | 91 |
2003 | 1968 | 63 | 41 | 72 | 45 | 89 |
2004 | 2177 | 71 | 40 | 49 | 47 | 88 |
2004 | 1494 | 66 | 28 | 71 | 43 | 90 |
2005 | 1115 | 71 | 41 | 62 | 45 | 89 |
2005 | 1445 | 59 | 30 | 64 | 39 | 93 |
2006 | 953 | 86 | 46 | 74 | 37 | 93 |
2007 | 1836 | 79 | 40 | 80 | 48 | 93 |
2008 | 1285 | 83 | 42 | 72 | 62 | 95 |
2009 | 1298 | 80 | 46 | 70 | 51 | 97 |
2010 | 2058 | 66 | 43 | 72 | 44 | 94 |
2011 | 1867 | 89 | 37 | 83 | 50 | 96 |
2012 | 1826 | 88 | 37 | 83 | 50 | 95 |
2013 | 1739 | 89 | 45 | 78 | 52 | 98 |
2014 | 1631 | 84 | 53 | 83 | 52 | 98 |
2015 | 1625 | 88 | 61 | 86 | 55 | 97 |
2016 | 1524 | 87 | 50 | 85 | 55 | 97 |
2017 | 1471 | 85 | 39 | 83 | 56 | 97 |
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Coniam, D., Falvey, P., Xiao, Y. (2018). A Quantitative Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions. In: Coniam, D., Falvey, P. (eds) High-Stakes Testing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6358-9_16
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