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Valdman, Albert, Ed. – 1987
The proceedings of a two and one-half day symposium concerning the assessment of functional language ability through the oral interview process included the following papers: "The FSI/ILR/ACTFL Proficiency Scales and Testing Techniques: Development, Current Status, and Need Research" (John L. D. Clark, Ray T. Clifford); "The ACTFL…
Descriptors: Certification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Evaluation Criteria, Grammar
Koike, Dale A., Ed.; Simoes, Antonio R. M., Ed. – 1989
Papers from a conference on language teaching and testing are grouped in four sections. The first contains a foreword by Dale A. Koike and Antonio R. M. Simoes. The second, on research in second/foreign language teaching, includes the following: "Second Language Learning and Evaluation: From Theory to Classroom Practice" (Sandra J.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1996
This report summarizes the proceedings of a 1996 workshop on modern language teaching, sponsored by the Council of Europe. It first outlines the workshop's aims to examine relevant recent research in Europe, suggest policy concerning language teaching and language teacher training, and encourage cooperation among researchers and their…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Style, Conference Proceedings, Elementary Secondary Education
Culhane, Terry, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Papers include: "ESP Tests: The Problem of Student Background Discipline (J. C. Alderson, A. H. Urquhart); "The Lexical Richness of L2 Written Productions and the Validity of Vocabulary Tests" (P. J. L. Arnaud); "The Construction of a Modular Thematic Task Bound English Language Achievement Test Battery for Kuwait" (M. I. Baghdady); "The Fill-In…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Download full textBurt, Marina K., Ed.; Dulay, Heidi C., Ed. – 1975
This volume consists of 35 papers divided into the following 12 sections: (1) organizational policy: a dialogue between TESOL and bilingual education--two papers on compatibility and cooperation; (2) second language acquisition--six papers dealing with language learning and teaching, effect of background on learning, order of acquisition,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Creative Writing
Singleton, D. M., Ed.; Little, D. G., Ed. – 1984
A number of issues of central importance to understanding the nature of language, its acquisition and use were considered at a seminar on language learning. Papers delivered at the seminar are as follows: "Why Don't Learners Learn What Teachers Teach? The Interaction Hypothesis" (Dick Allwright); "The Role of Instruction in Second Language…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Children
Benseler, David P., Ed. – 1976
The forty papers that make up the second part of the proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages cover a wide range of topics relating to foreign language teaching and linguistic theory: the interdisciplinary approach to second language instruction, individualized instruction, foreign…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education
Mathuna, Liam Mac; Singleton, David – 1984
Papers presented at the symposium on the relationship between language and culture include, in addition to an opening adress: "Sociosemiotics Across Cultures" (Wolfgang Kuhlwein); "Translation Across Languages or Across Cultures?" (Albrecht Neubert); "Grammatical Categories Across Cultures" (Olga Tomic); "On…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Children, Contrastive Linguistics
