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Table 7 Reasons for item misfit

From: Calibrating the CEFR against the China Standards of English for College English vocabulary education in China

ID

Descriptor wording

Level

Reason for misfit

V35

Knows the meaning of about 8,000 words and words from the AWL (Academic Word List), and 2,000 phrases

C1-CSE8

Level disagreement

V3

Understands and uses a wide range of technical jargon

C1-CSE8

Level disagreement

V6

Knows quite a large number of less usual idioms

C1-CSE8

Level disagreement

V16

Can recognize and use a range of technical jargon

B2-CSE7

Level disagreement

V32

Knows the meaning of 400–500 idioms or fixed collocations

B1-CSE6

Level disagreement

V36

Can recognize the meaning of 1,500–2,000 most frequent everyday vocabulary related to a range of basic personal and familiar situations

B1-CSE6

Level disagreement

V31

Knows the meaning of 3,000 words

B1-CSE6

Level disagreement