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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
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1988
Using a study of 30 Danish freshman college students' vocabularies as a springboard, this paper explores and discusses a number of current assumptions about vocabularies in the mother tongue and in foreign language pedagogics. The paper contends that it is logical to assume that vocabularies in reading are fluid and depend on the text read, on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Tests, Reading Processes