EPT
- English Placement Test
Students without sufficient proficiency
in English to take the CPT are required
to take the English Placement Test (EPT) and be placed in the
designated English as a Second Language for Academic Purposes
(EAP) course. This includes students with foreign degrees
that were earned from an accredited institution where the official
language of instruction is English.
The EPT is a paper and pencil
test which measures skills in reading vocabulary, reading comprehension,
grammar, and listening comprehension. Students may also be required
to write a short essay and meet with an advisor prior to placement. A
documented score of 550 on the paper and pencil Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a 213 on the computerized TOEFL
exempts a student from EPT testing and/or completion of EAP courses. CPT
testing is required prior to placement in any course other than
EAP courses.
Test Information and Examples:
The English Placement Test (EPT)
also known as the Michigan Test, is designed to place students
into English Language Levels. The complete test consists
of 100 multiple-choice questions which last approximately 75 minutes.
In each form of the test, twenty
problems, numbered 1-20 are devoted to Listening Comprehension
problems, which are of two types: one in which the speaker asks
a question and the student is to respond by selecting an appropriate
reply; and the other in which the speaker makes a statement and
the student is to choose the phrase or sentence which means the
same thing as the statement.
Example 1: |
Example 1: |
When are you going?
a. I am
b. Tomorrow
c. To Detroit
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John and Mary went to the store.
a. Only John went.
b. Only Mary went.
c. They both went.
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Following the listening comprehension
section are thirty Grammar problems, numbered
21-50. Each grammar problem represents a hypothetical
conversation between two people. Part of the response
in each conversation has been omitted and the student is to choose,
from the four answer choices printed in the test booklet, the
one word or phrase that correctly completes the conversation.
Example 3 |
| What's your name? "__________ name is
John."
a. I
b. Me
c. My
d. Mine
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Next are thirty Vocabulary
problems, numbered 51-80. In each problem, an incomplete
sentence is given and the student must choose, from the four answer
choices printed in the test booklet, the one word that correctly
completes the sentence.
Example 4 |
| I can't __________ you his name, because
I don't know it.
a. talk
b. say
c. speak
d. tell
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Finally, there are twenty Reading
Comprehension problems, numbered 81-100. Each problem
consists of one sentence, followed by a question concerning its
meaning. The student is offered four answer choices, only one
of which is correct.
Example 5 |
| John drove me to Eleanor's house. Who drove?
a. I did.
b. John did.
c. John and I did.
d. Eleanor did.
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Example
Answers |
| 1. b |
| 2. c |
| 3. c |
| 4. d |
| 5. b |
Schedule:
The EPT is available by appointment
only. Students wishing to make an appointment need to contact
the EAP Department (Room 3207) at (305) 237-0833.
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