ESL PLACEMENT
TEST
ACCUPLACER
MEDICAL EDUCATION CAMPUS
The ACCUPLACER LOEP
(Levels of English Proficiency) test is divided into three sections:
1. Reading skills with 20 questions
2. Sentence meaning with 20 questions
3. Language usage with 20 questions
You must answer each
question before you can go on to the next one. Once you have moved on to the
next question, you cannot go back and change your answers. However, the
computer will ask you to verify each answer before moving on to the next question.
The test is
not timed, but you must plan to spend three hours for the
test. The computer will only print results when you have finished the entire
test. Some students will finish in a shorter amount of time. Depending on your
computer-generated level, you may be asked to write an essay. If not, you will
receive your placement immediately.
You are responsible for being prepared for test
taking. That includes feeling well, having glasses (if needed), allowing
adequate time, and testing in a serious manner. Retests are not allowed except
according to college policy.
·
If your score is below
the minimum college placement level you may retest after a waiting period of
six months.
·
If you receive a
placement in ESL English Levels 2 through 5 and do not register for an ESL English class, you may retest after a waiting period
of one year.
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In order to take the Math Placement test, you must
place into Level 3 or higher, no exceptions.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Below are examples of the kinds
of questions you will see in the 3 test sections. Although they are not real questions from the
test, they are similar enough to give you a good idea of what to expect. The
correct answer shows as a darkened circle ●.
Reading Skills: You will read short passages (on various topics) and
answer questions about them. There may
be 1 or 2 questions for each passage.
Some questions will be about information which you can find directly in
the passage. To answer the other
questions, you must infer from what you have read.
Example—
Electronic technology has produced significant changes in
the way that humans interact. Before
telephones, computers, and digital pagers, people communicated primarily by
writing. We had to sit down, compose our
thoughts, and then spend some time writing them down on paper. There was also a delay between the expression
of our ideas and their reception on the other end, but folks were patient
enough to wait. With technology,
however, communication happens in “real time.”
We don’t take time beforehand to consider what we want to say, and how
to say it best. We express ourselves
directly, and bluntly. Now we are
irritated when no one answers the phone, or get overly anxious if we don’t
receive an immediate response to an email or page. We want all of our communication to happen
instantaneously.
The author of
this passage probably believes that the effects of technology on human
communication are:
O not very important
● mostly negative
O not well understood
O almost negligible
Sentence Meaning: To
answer questions in this section, you will choose the sentence which has the
same meaning, or choose a word or phrase to fill in the blank.
Examples—
“Stop putting me on.”
The speaker means:
O “I prefer to dress
myself.”
● “Don’t lie to me.”
O “I don’t want you to put things on top of me.”
O “Don’t think that I am the same as you are.”
The federal government is
not ____ any economic problems for the second half of the year; all the
indicators are positive.
● anticipating
O accommodating
O asphyxiating
O administering
Language Usage: This section has questions on grammar
and vocabulary. You will be asked to
choose the correct word to fill in the blank or to select the grammatically
correct sentence.
Examples—
I saw a young girl at the
corner. She was singing.
O I saw a young girl at
the corner, she was singing.
O She was singing, the young girl who I saw her at the
corner.
O At the corner, she was a young girl singing.
● I saw a young girl who was singing at the corner.
Since I moved to the USA, I __________ my opinion about
Americans.
O was changing
● have changed
O changed
O had changed