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ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for the Less Commonly Taught Languages. A Familiarization Project for the Development of Proficiency Guidelines for Less Commonly Taught Languages.

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Stansfield, Charles W., Ed.; Harman, Chip, Ed. – 1987

A collection of papers on the use of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines for instruction and testing in less commonly taught languages includes: the 1986 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines; "Testing Speaking Proficiency: The Oral Interview" (Pardee Lowe, Jr., Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro); a…

Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Bibliographies, Hindi

The Language Testing Cycle: From Inception to Washback. Series S, Number 13.

Wigglesworth, Gillian, Ed.; Elder, Catherine, Ed. – 1996

A selection of essays on language testing includes: "Perspectives on the Testing Cycle: Setting the Scene" (Catherine Elder, Gillian Wigglesworth); "The Politicisation of English: The Case of the STEP Test and the Chinese Students" (Lesleyanne Hawthorne); "Developing Language Tests for Specific Populations" (Rosemary…

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Hindi

National Foreign Language Planning: Practices and Prospects.

Sajavaara, Kari, Ed.; And Others – 1993

A selection of essays on foreign language planning at the national level contains articles on the language planning process, language choice, teacher education, testing and assessment, and transnational planning. Essays include the following: "Foreign Language Teaching Policy: Some Planning Issues" (Theo J. M. van Els); "Foreign…

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Coherence, Educational Needs, Educational Policy

Technology and Language Testing. A Collection of Papers from the Annual Colloquium on Language Testing Research (7th, Princeton, New Jersey, April 6-9, 1985).

Stansfield, Charles W., Ed. – 1986

This collection of essays on measurement theory and language testing includes: "Computerized Adaptive Testing: Implications for Language Test Developers" (Peter Tung); "The Promise and Threat of Computerized Adaptive Assessment of Reading Comprehension" (Michael Canale); "Computerized Rasch Analysis of Item Bias in ESL…

Descriptors: Chinese, Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software

Communication Development and Disorders in African American Children: Research, Assessment, and Intervention.

Kamhi, Alan G., Ed.; And Others – 1996

The collection of papers on language development and African-American children includes: "The Challenges of Conducting Language Research with African American Children" (Holly K. Craig); "Issues in Recruiting African American Participants for Research" (Joyce L. Harris); "Issues in Assessing the Language Abilities of…

Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Black Dialects, Black Youth, Child Development