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Stefania Spina; Irene Fioravanti; Luciana Forti; Fabio Zanda – Second Language Research, 2024
This article introduces the CELI corpus, a new learner corpus of written Italian consisting of ca. 600,000 tokens, evenly distributed among CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) proficiency levels B1, B2, C1 and C2. The collected texts derive from the language certification exams administered by the University for Foreigners…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Best Practices
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2010
In this contribution, I investigate the effect of the knowledge of other languages on self-perceived communicative competence and communicative anxiety in the French of 953 users. I tested the hypothesis that knowledge of more languages, specifically other Romance languages, create stronger or clearer affordances (Singleton & Aronin, Innovation in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Proficiency, Measures (Individuals), Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Williams, Sheara A. – School Social Work Journal, 2008
The purpose of this article is to introduce the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten (ECLS-K) database to school social work practitioners and researchers. This database not only serves as a viable source for evidence-based practice pertaining to the influences of families and schools on the academic achievement of children beginning at…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, School Social Workers, Researchers
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Duncan, Greg; Gilbert, Jacqueline; Mackenzie, Mary; Meulener, Carol; Smith, Martin; Yetman, Beatrice; Zeppieri, Rosanne – Learning Languages, 2006
This article presents the steps taken over three years (2003-2006) by the Consortium for Assessing Performance Standards, a New Jersey Grant Project to create a database of thematically organized, integrated performance assessment tasks at the benchmark levels of proficiency, novice-mid, intermediate-low and pre-advanced as defined by the ACTFL…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Consortia, Core Curriculum
Basturkmen, Helen – Forum, 1998
Outlines the procedures followed in the needs analysis (NA) project carried out in 1996 at the College of Petroleum and Engineering at Kuwait University. Focuses on the steps taken in the project and the rationale behind them. Offers an illustration of an NA project and to show the procedural steps involved. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Databases, Engineering Education, English (Second Language)
Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – 1990
The development and field testing of a proficiency test in English as a Second Language for non-native speakers teaching on Guam is reported. The resulting instrument measures four language skills (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). The listening measure uses natural language that might be heard by a classroom teacher. The reading measure…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Interviews