English Validation Model test for access to Higher Education at Postgraduate Level
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https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt20251457Keywords:
English, higher education, model, postgraduate, validationAbstract
This documentary study is conducted through a review of existing models in the validation of the English Language to identify the process of access to higher education at the postgraduate level. It is essential to verify the findings that delimit the purpose of the study and highlight the methodological models with which the country's universities promote decision-making in admission to their postgraduate studies when using the English language as a second language of study between 2024 and 2020. It was essential to establish from 30 studies that highlighted the English validation process according to international validation standards and own processes according to the autonomous models that each university in the country determines found in high-impact databases, applying a deductive procedure to establish its line of research that transcends international levels because it is a lingua franca. Their findings detail the evaluation models used in different English skills, detailing their linguistic and communicative skills. The art review determined how diverse the applications of assessment models and language proficiency can be among postgraduate students.
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