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How much did the students’ feel their English improved after
learning with the course?
EVIDENCE OF IMPROVEMENT
Concrete evidence of improvement in language proficiency level is shown to each student via their individual CEFR Report (after both the mid-course and end-of-course tests). This contributes to an increase in motivation and encourages learners to continue with their learning.
The Empower mid-course and end-of-course Competency Tests are designed to assess language proficiency, each learner’s progress over a period of time, and their level against the CEFR.
How do the Competency Tests work?
The average learner tended to improve by ten points, which represents half of a CEFR band as measured by the Empower assessments.
10% of learners were on courses without Online Workbooks. These learners tended to have lower mean gains, suggesting that the Online Workbooks were contributing to learning gains.
As this assessment measures improvement between the mid-course and end-of-course points, this improvement is in line with the learning goal of improving by a whole CEFR level across one whole level of the Empower course.
Students showed significant improvement in their performance between the mid-course and end-of-course skills-based competency tests.
How did students perform in the Competency Tests?
EVIDENCE OF ACHIEVEMENT
COMPETENCY TESTS
Each student’s Learner Profile (in the Cambridge LMS) shows them the regular improvements they have made, increasing their motivation.
They provide feedback on learning; students will get many items correct, with incorrect answers indicating areas which the learner should revisit before moving on to the next unit.
Unit Progress Test attempt 1 is followed by personalised online practice to help with areas of weakness. In test attempt 2, students can focus on these areas and correct mistakes made in attempt 1.
The Empower Unit Progress Tests focus
on the key lexis/grammar/functional language in the relevant unit of the Empower course.
How do the Unit Progress Tests work?
The charts show performance for all Empower users globally and a smaller sample from Moscow Pedagogical State University.
Students showed significant improvement in their areas of weakness between attempt 1 and attempt 2 of the Unit Progress Tests at every level.
How did students perform in the Unit Progress Tests?
EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS
UNIT PROGRESS TESTS
OUTCOMES
RESULTS
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