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Modern Language Association, 2022
The guidelines offer suggestions for departments, institutions, and faculty members in languages and literatures for valuing and assessing research in the public humanities. Because much public humanities scholarship involves engagement with communities, particularly bilingual and multilingual communities, this document places particular emphasis…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Humanities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sharples, Robert – Multilingual Matters, 2021
This book offers an evidence-based guide to EAL for everyone who works with multilingual learners. It provides a concise, helpful introduction to the latest research underpinning three key areas of EAL practice: (1) How children acquire additional languages? (2) How language works across the curriculum? and (3) How you can establish outstanding…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Helman, Lori; Ittner, Anne C.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Guilford Press, 2019
From expert authors, this book guides educators to conduct assessments that inform daily instruction and identify the assets that emergent bilinguals bring to the classroom. Effective practices are reviewed for screening, assessment, and progress monitoring in the areas of oral language, beginning reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
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Huerta-Macias, Ana – TESOL Journal, 1995
Discusses the use of alternative assessment procedures in English-as-a-Second-Language classrooms, focusing on three issues: (1) definitions of alternative assessment; (2) issues related to validity, reliability, and objectivity that are often raised as objections to alternative assessment; and (3) the power of alternative assessment to provide…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Definitions, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Turkewych, Christine – TESL Talk, 1986
Describes how evaluation strategies can be implemented to increase the effectiveness of English in the Work Place programs. Discusses the design and implementation of the strategy, how to analyze its results and produce a final report, and ways to get the results used. (SED)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Inplant Programs, Marketing, Multicultural Education
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Gadalla, Barbara J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1981
Selected language acquisition research findings are examined in the light of the language teacher's daily needs. Research results are reported that provide an empirical basis for selecting and grading materials, determining skills to be taught and their order of presentation, deciding on classroom presentation and procedures, and formulating…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design, Language Research, Learning Processes
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Gottlieb, Margo – TESOL Journal, 1995
Outlines a CRADLE (Collections, Reflections, Assessment, Documentation, Linkages, and Evaluation) approach to portfolio development and use in English-as-a-Second-Language classrooms. This approach focuses on a long-term commitment to portfolio usage by teachers, students, parents, and administrators. (MDM)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Smolen, Lynn; And Others – TESOL Journal, 1995
Describes one middle school teacher's approach to promoting self-assessment through the use of portfolios in an English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. The portfolios include goal cards, time planning sheets, and projects. It is suggested that goal-centered activities help to build an assessment partnership between students and their teacher.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
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Boyles, Peggy – Learning Languages, 1996
Discusses the importance of appropriate proficiency-oriented testing for students studying foreign languages, explaining that grammatical accuracy is of no value if it cannot be used to carry out real-life tasks as an inherent and natural activity. Presents guidelines for designing and administering tests and provides an example of a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency
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Heining-Boynton, Audrey L. – 1991
Evaluation of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) programs is needed to provide feedback (descriptive data about a school's offerings) and accountability (program accomplishments). Thorough program evaluation verifies both a district's thoughtful, written philosophy of foreign language education and local goals. Some FLES program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Adult Multicultural Education Services, Melbourne (Australia). – 2001
This guide is intended to support teachers and practitioners implementing Australia's new beginner English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curriculum Certificates in English Language Literacies in the adult community education sector. The guide is part of a professional development project that includes a series of metropolitan and rural workshops for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
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Omaggio, Alice C. – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Presents an observational system that discriminates between personal and impersonal (neutral) verbal behavior of teachers and students in the foreign language class. Reports preliminary findings on the relationship of these in-class behavior variables and the perception of teacher effectiveness by both supervisors and students. (EKN)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Postsecondary Education, Second Language Instruction
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McNamara, Martha J.; Deane, Debra – TESOL Journal, 1995
Describes three self-assessment activities designed for university-level English-as-a-Second-Language students. They include writing letters to the instructor, keeping a daily language learning log, and preparing an English skills portfolio. (Contains five references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Mackay, Ronald – 1991
A discussion of second language program evaluation is intended for staff (teachers, program planners, materials writers, program managers) of programs being evaluated, to help them understand the process and dynamics of program evaluation. It addresses common concerns and fears about evaluation, offers ways in which staff can cooperate with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Research, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
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