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Validating Self-Reported Language Proficiency by Testing Performance in an Immigrant Community: The Wellington Indo-Fijians.
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Shameem, Nikhat – Language Testing, 1998
Examined the validity of aural and oral self-report scales for determining the Fiji Hindi proficiency of new adolescent immigrants in New Zealand. Participants completed self-reports and performance tests (oral interviews, listening-comprehension tests, and vocabulary tests). Performance tests correlated strongly with self-reports. Respondents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Proficiency