The number of the students with a mother tongue other than Korean are rapidly increasing at the universities throughout Korea. They can only be successful students, if they achieve a certain proficiency of Korean before they enter the university education. For this purpose, universities are providing pre-study language courses, and some are administering Korean proficiency tests which the candidates have to pass before they can start their studies. In this paper topics related to the assessment of the international applicants’ proficiency level of Korean will be discussed. The “Assessment for study competence in Korean”, which is being administered since 2005, will be presented. The results of the last exams showed that clearer exam specifications are needed and they must be understood unambiguously by the item writers. To solve this problem, I will base the test development upon the proficiency scales of the Common European Framework.
1. 문제 제기
2. 현행 시험의 소개
3. 학문 목적 듣기 평가의 구성
4. 나가는 말
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