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Prior Instruction, Equivalency Formulas, and Functional Proficiency: Examining the Problem of Secondary School-College Articulation.

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Lange, Dale; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1992

Two questions are examined: the relationship between prior to formal experience (high school instruction) and success on university foreign language proficiency tests, and the similarity of prior experience to pass rates for students of varying languages. (LB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis, Equivalency Tests

Language Aptitude Reconsidered. Language in Education: Theory and Practice, No. 74.

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Parry, Thomas S., Ed.; Stansfield, Charles W., Ed. – 1990

Six of 11 papers presented at a symposium on language aptitude testing are included in this document. "Cognitive Abilities in Foreign Language Aptitude: Then and Now" (John B. Carroll) reconsiders language aptitude testing 30 years after publication of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT). "Preliminary Investigation of the…

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Aptitude Tests, Case Studies, Cognitive Ability