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Cloze Procedure and Equivalence.
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Porter, Don – Language Learning, 1978
Reports on an experiment designed to test the reliability of the cloze procedure in second language testing, specifically as a measure of overall language proficiency, and as a measure whose results are independent of style. (AM)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Language Proficiency, Language Styles, Language Tests
The Divisibility of Language Competence: A Confirmatory Approach.
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Fouly, Kamal A.; And Others – Language Learning, 1990
Investigated the nature of second-language proficiency with respect to its divisibility and components. The correlated-traits and second-order hypotheses were evaluated using 354 students learning English-as-a-Second-Language, a wide range of language proficiency measures, and comfirmatory data-analytic techniques. (36 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Determining the Reliability, Validity, and Scalability of the Graduated Dictation Test.
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Fouly, Kamal A.; Cziko, Gary A. – Language Learning, 1985
Describes a study which examined the reliability, validity, and scalability of a new technique for constructing, administering, and scoring dictation tests to measure second language proficiency. Findings indicate that such tests can be constructed easily by dividing a coherent text into segments of increasing length. (SED)
Descriptors: Dictation, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Compartmentalized and Integrated Control: An Assessment of Some Evidence for Two Kinds of Competence and Implications for the Classroom.
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Palmer, Adrian S. – Language Learning, 1979
Presents the results of three studies that support the hypothesis that there are two types of proficiency in second language learning, "compartmentalized control" and "integrated control." Relevance to the Monitor Model and a method of teaching for integration are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Research
A Study of Communication Strategies in Interlanguage Production by Chinese EFL Learners.
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Si-Qing, Chen – Language Learning, 1990
A study of 220 communication strategies used by 12 Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners indicated that the frequency, type, and effectiveness of strategies employed by learners varied according to their proficiency level and the language distance between the learners' native and second languages. (28 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Classification, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Direct Evaluation of Second-Language Proficiency: The Effect of Rater and Scale in Oral Interviews.
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Mullen, Karen A. – Language Learning, 1978
Reports the results of a study which sought to investigate the validity of the oral interview in testing language proficiency, in particular that of adult students of English as a Second Language. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Proficiency
Biases in Self-Ratings of Second Language Proficiency: The Role of Language Anxiety.
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; And Others – Language Learning, 1997
Examines perceived competence in a second language (L2) as a function of actual competence and language anxiety. Anglophone college students with varied competency in French completed scales of language anxiety and a modified version of the "can-do" test, which assessed their self-perceptions of competence on 26 French tasks. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Bilingualism, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Semantic Differentiation in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language.
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Zhang, Shuqiang – Language Learning, 1995
Analyzes the mental organizations of two sets of fuzzy lexical items by 70 native speakers (NSs) of English and 185 learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Findings suggest that a discernible approximative pattern exists in the acquisition of ESL semantics, with the differentiation of certain words acquired before the differentiation of…
Descriptors: College Students, Control Groups, English (Second Language), Experimental Groups