Review of Seoul National University Criterion-Referenced English Proficiency Test (SNUCREPT)

Abstract

SNUCREPT 4 is a 200 items English placement aimed at assessing two areas of language use (listening comprehension and reading comprehension) and two areas of language knowledge (grammar and vocabulary). The listening comprehension section of the test, which is administered aurally via tape, includes 60 multiple-choice items divided into five parts. Part I includes 10 items, each consisting of a single-sentence stem and four single sentence options, one of which is "closest in meaning" to the sentence in the stem. Part II includes 10 items in which the stem includes the first part of a one-turn conversational exchange, with the appropriate second part of the exchange given in one of the four choices. Part III includes 10 items in which the stem includes the first turn and the first part of the second turn of a two-turn conversational exchange with the second half of the second turn given in one of the four choices. Part N includes 15 items that repeat this pattern, but with three- or four-turn conversations. In Part V, there are 15 items, each consisting of a short piece of non-interactive oral discourse, followed by a question, with the "best" answer to the question provided in one of the four choices.