The Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (or MELAB) was a
standardized test
A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner. Standardized tests are designed in such a way that the questions and interpretations are consistent and are administered and scored in a predete ...
, created by
CaMLA
Michigan Language Assessment (MLA), also known as the Cambridge–Michigan Language Assessment (CaMLA) and previously the "English Language Institute Testing and Certification Division at the University of Michigan", has been providing English l ...
, which evaluated proficiency in understanding, writing and speaking the English language. It was designed for adults whose first language is not English, and was often used as a university admission criterion to judge whether applicants are sufficiently fluent to follow an English-language study program at a university level.
The test included three mandatory parts and one optional:
* Written composition
* Listening comprehension
* Grammar,
cloze
A cloze test (also cloze deletion test or occlusion test) is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of language with certain items, words, or signs removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing la ...
, vocabulary and reading comprehension multiple-choice questions
* An optional speaking test in the form of a one-on-one interview with an examiner
The MELAB was discontinued in June, 2018.
See also
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CaMLA
Michigan Language Assessment (MLA), also known as the Cambridge–Michigan Language Assessment (CaMLA) and previously the "English Language Institute Testing and Certification Division at the University of Michigan", has been providing English l ...
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CaMLA English Placement Test (EPT)
Michigan Language Assessment (MLA), also known as the Cambridge–Michigan Language Assessment (CaMLA) and previously the "English Language Institute Testing and Certification Division at the University of Michigan", has been providing English l ...
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Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English (ECCE)
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Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE)
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MTELP Series
The Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency (MTELP Series) is used by institutions to measure the achievement and progress of English language learners within a language program. It is produced by CaMLA, a not-for-profit collaboration betwe ...
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Michigan English Test (MET)
The Michigan English Test (MET) is a multilevel, modular English language examination, which measures English language proficiency in personal, public, occupational and educational contexts.https://www.cambridgemichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/201 ...
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Young Learners Tests of English (YLTE)
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Cambridge English Language Assessment
Cambridge Assessment English or Cambridge English develops and produces Cambridge English Qualifications and the International English Language Testing System (International English Language Testing System, IELTS). The organisation contributed ...
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English as a Foreign or Second Language
English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages. Language education for people learning English may be known as English as a second language (ESL), English as a foreign language (EF ...
External links
official site for the MELAB test
ESOL
CaMLA assessments
English-language education
English as a second or foreign language
Standardized tests for English language
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