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- Title
CELBAN™: A 10-Year Retrospective.
- Authors
Lewis, Catherine; Kingdon, Blanche
- Abstract
This article provides a 10-year review by the test developers of the Canadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN™). From 2004 to 2014, the development, implementation, national administration, and operations of CELBAN and CELBAN-related products and services were the responsibility of the test developers and team at the Canadian English Language Assessment Services (CELAS) Centre at Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The CELAS Centre team experienced both challenges and opportunities during this 10-year period. As CELBAN expands, and in light of its current profile as a high stakes language assessment tool, a time for reflection and review is warranted. This retrospective review of CELBAN provides an overview of its history, administration, operations, and growth, as well as challenges experienced and lessons learned by the CELAS Centre team. Further research and development ideas are also posited by the CELBAN test developers.
- Subjects
CANADIAN English language; EDUCATION benchmarking; CANADIANISMS; ENGLISH language ability testing; IN-service training of nurses; ENGLISH language rhetoric; ABILITY testing
- Publication
TESL Canada Journal / Revue TESL du Canada, 2016, Vol 33, Issue 2, p69
- ISSN
0826-435X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18806/tesl.v33i2.1238