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Ockey, Gary J.; Wagner, Elvis – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2018
This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening inputs; the use of audio-visual texts; and assessing…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension Tests
Suzuki, Wataru, Ed.; Storch, Neomy, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2020
This book is the first to bring together a collection of recent empirical studies investigating languaging, an important construct first introduced by Swain in 2006 but which has since been deployed in a growing number of L2 studies. The contributing authors include both established and emerging authors from around the globe. They report on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Written Language

Spiegel, Bernard B.; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1987
Compares the effects of intonation training and phonological training on the intelligibility of the speech of two severely unintelligible preschool children. The results indicated that an increase in intelligibility is facilitated through training in the production of intonation patterns. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intonation, Oral Language, Phonology

Madison, Charles L.; Wong, Elizabeth Y. F. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1992
This study, involving 20 children (ages 4-11) with severe hearing impairments, affirmed the content validity of the Clark-Madison Test of Oral Language as a measure of nonwritten expressive language with hearing-impaired children. Performance comparison with hearing individuals revealed a different profile of strengths and weaknesses than did…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Validity, Deafness, Elementary Education

Thibault, Pierrette; Vincent, Diane – 1990
In 1984, a new corpus of spoken Quebecois French (Canada) was added to the existing data. In developing it, half of the native speakers participating in a 1971 study were re-interviewed, providing previously unavailable data on individual language development. The report describes in detail the sociolinguistic methodology used in developing the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Diachronic Linguistics, French
Hannah, Elaine P. – 1987
Twenty-two junior-year college students were tested at a college language, speech and hearing clinic. A statistical analysis was performed on their scores on the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery and on oral and written language samples. Results were compared with those of a group of 25 normal college students in their junior year.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Carey, Stephen T.; Cummins, James – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Cognitive, behavior, achievement, and English/French speaking skills were correlated with ratings of oral French ability for third-grade francophone and anglophone immersion students. Teacher ratings correlated with achievement and cooperativeness, but independent ratings didn't. Objective evaluation procedures should be developed to minimize the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis