Complementary Assessments
Versant Oral Fluency
Versant Oral Fluency assessments are spoken language tests which
can be used in a variety of employment and learning applications to
evaluate how well an individual can communicate clearly at a level
required for participation in the labour market. Versant
assessments have helped employers, government agencies,
universities, and schools to accurately and quickly measure spoken
English and French skills for screening and training purposes in
over 100 countries around the world.
Key Features and Benefits:
- Reliable: Assessments are highly reliable as they are
specifically designed to analyze speech of non-native speakers
using patented speech processing technology.
- Accurate: With 0.97 correlations, the computer generated scores
are virtually indistinguishable from human scoring and are free of
test-marker bias.
- Real-time: Assessments are fully automated and can be
easily completed by phone or computer in about 15 minutes. A
detailed score report is available within minutes through the
Versant automated scoring system.
- Versant Oral Fluency - Skill Level
The
Versant English Level Test is used to evaluate how well an
individual can understand and communicate clearly in English for
the Canadian workplace. A detailed description of the individual's
language capabilities from Level 1 to Level 6 are provided for the
following skill areas: Sentence Mastery, Vocabulary, Fluency, and
Pronunciation. The score report also provides recommendations for
improving skills.
- Versant Oral Fluency - Raw Score
The Versant English Raw Score Test
is used to evaluate how well an individual can understand and
communicate clearly in English for the Canadian workplace, with the
added benefit of measuring learning gains between pre and post
assessment results.
A detailed description of the
individual's language capabilities are reported as raw scores
ranging from 20 to 80 points Results are provided for the following
skill areas: Sentence Mastery, Vocabulary, Fluency, and
Pronunciation. The score report also provides recommendations for
improving skills. In addition, scores are compared in detail to
other measures of language proficiency such as TOEFL and TOEIC.