%0 Journal Article
%T La prueba de decisi¨®n l¨¦xica como herramienta para ubicar al estudiante de espa£¿ol en los programas universitarios
%A Fairclough
%A Marta
%A Ram¨ªrez Vera
%A Carlos J.
%J ¨ªkala, Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura
%D 2009
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X the lexical decision test has shown to be a practical measure of overall language pro£¿ciency. for this study, the effectiveness of a lexical decision test was measured with two groups of spanish/english bilingual university students at four levels. the test was designed using a spanish frequency dictionary (davies, 2006). participants marked only those items that they knew on a list of 200 words that included real words and non-words. a cloze-test was used as a comparison measure. the results of this pilot study indicate a high correlation between the two measures, and they suggest that the lexical test is a valid, cost effective testing tool that is easy to administer and score.
%K language teaching
%K placement exam
%K lexical decision task.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-34322009000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en