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Allen, Virginia French – 1983
A manual for teaching vocabulary to students of English as a second language is introduced by a discussion of the reasons for neglecting vocabulary development in the past and the reasons for the present emphasis on it. The chapters that follow develop practical instructional methods for each language learning level. The topics include: (1)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages)
Download full textHale, Gordon A.; And Others – 1984
This set of 82 summaries is based on papers written between 1963 and 1982 concerning the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). TOEFL is currently required by more than 2,500 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada to determine the English proficiency of applicants whose native language is not English. It is also required…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Ward, Annita Marie; Xu, Libin – 1994
Literature relating summarization skills to reading improvement and to test score gains is reviewed, and two new studies are reported. One study compared gain on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of two groups of students, one (n=7 students) receiving instruction in summarizing skills and the other (n=14) receiving TOEFL…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Reading Instruction
Forster, Douglas E.; Karn, Richard – 1998
Teaching strategies are outlined for teachers of English as a second language to use in improving students' listening and reading comprehension skills specifically for two standardized tests: the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The strategies presented are not intended…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1990
This manual has been prepared for those responsible for interpreting scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). In addition to test interpretation information, the manual describes the test, explains the TOEFL program, and discusses program research activities. The TOEFL was developed in 1963 to test the English-language…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Expressive Language
