Exit level examinations
reflect the exit criteria of the EFL advanced level courses. Upon completion of
the advanced course, the student is expected to read and comprehend academic
texts in English. The student should be able to cope with texts which are
conceptually abstract and linguistically complex.
The texts of the
exit-level examinations are of general content suitable for students in all
disciplines. Texts are chosen according to the following guidelines:
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Text
Content
Selected from reputable academic journals.
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Text
Difficulty
Determined on the basis of structural variables, contextual variables and
syntactical variables, i.e. length of text, level of abstractness, rhetorical
structure, level of vocabulary, and level of syntactic complexity.