Linking the GEPT Writing Subtest (Part 1) to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Abstract

Previous research has aligned the GEPT reading, listening, speaking, and writing (Part 2) subtests to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) (Brunfaut & Harding, 2014; Green & Inoue, 2017; Knoch & Frost, 2016; Wu & Wu, 2010). No attempt, however, has been made to link Part 1 of the GEPT writing subtest (Chinese-English translation) to the CEFR levels. In view of the recent publication of the illustrative descriptors for mediation in the companion volume to the CEFR (Council of Europe, 2018), this study aimed at linking Part 1 of the GEPT writing subtest at the intermediate and high-intermediate level to the CEFR, following the four stages of familiarisation, specification, standar..