NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 11 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schissel, Jamie L.; López-Gopar, Mario; Leung, Constant; Morales, Julio; Davis, James R. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
For linguistically diverse communities, researchers have long questioned assessment approaches that disregard learners' multilingualism. Our study offers potential approaches that center contextualized, multilingual knowledges and skills within classroom-based language assessments with one teacher and his English foreign language courses for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bijani, Houman – Cogent Education, 2019
An Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) may be evaluated either during the interview procedure (direct-method) or from a tape-made oral interaction (semi-direct method). Such variety in methods of assessment can influence test takers' scores extensively. However, it is not conclusive whether such differences are due to test format or something else.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Heath, Peter – Al-Arabiyya, 1990
Discusses whether the proficiency approach to teaching Arabic, which is now advocated, is really functional enough to suit true needs of students, and whether the debate concerning proficiency is becoming so polarized as to make impossible real discussion of the issues. Trends and changes that have occurred in the Arabic language over the decades…
Descriptors: Arabic, Audiolingual Methods, Competency Based Education, Grammar Translation Method
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bachman, Lyle F. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1989
Applied linguistics and psychometrics have influenced language testing, providing additional tools for investigating factors affecting language test performance and assuring measurement reliability. An examination is presented of language testing, including the theoretical issues involved, the methodological advances, language test development,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kontru, Miklos – English Language Teaching Journal, 1981
Describes the history and present state of teaching English in Hungary. The status of English is discussed, along with the study done by the International Association of the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The study, in part, investigated achievement in Hungarian English classes. Educational policy and teacher training are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Johnson, Yuki – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Examines the role of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines in language proficiency testing, focusing on Japanese language instruction and discussing how effective that system is in relation to university classroom instruction. Two main issues are addressed: viewing ACTFL Proficiency Tests as having the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
De Rose, Marybeth – TESL Canada Journal, 1999
The Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised (WRMT-R) is advertised as usable with English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students (with provisions to ensure students' understanding of instructions). This articles describes new features of the WRMT-R and examines criticisms of it since its debut in 1973. (SM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency
Fredrickson, Jean – 1999
This document provides environmental educators with background information on English language development theory and practices. Information was derived from a series of workshops that focused on the objectives of increasing facilitators' familiarity with the theory and practices of English Language Development (ELD) and demonstrating how the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Environmental Education, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Madden, Jim – Babel: Australia, 1998
This first of a two-part article looks at the language learning-acquiring distinction, discussing the consequences of teaching at either end of the learning-acquiring continuum. Describes the distinction between the two, discusses the learning versus acquiring of grammar, and compares the two. The second part of the article will focus on memory…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Norris, John M. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1997
Discusses the utility of the German Speaking Test (GST) as a general test of German foreign-language proficiency, examining whether it can be used effectively in classroom and institutional foreign-language settings and how proficiency ratings based on the GST relate to examinees' real-world German communicative abilities. Caveats regarding the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, German, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rosellini, Jay Julian – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1997
Explains how access to the World Wide Web can change approaches to teaching German composition and conversation. Reflects upon past practices in teaching German, describes an actual college course, and places the use of the new media in the general context of humanistic endeavors. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, German, Higher Education