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Peer reviewedStansfield, Charles W.; Kenyon, Dorry Mann – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1993
Presents a validation study on the Hausa Speaking Test (HAST), a simulated oral proficiency interview. Addressed validity of the HaST through examination of the ratability on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) scale of elicited speech sample and an investigation of the nature of probes on the HaST through speaking…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Hausa, Interviews
Peer reviewedNiimura, Tomomi; Hayashi, Brenda – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1994
Cloze tests were administered to native- and second-language speakers in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom to analyze problems that demonstratives pose for second- language students of Japanese and English and to suggest future improvements for existing explanations and grammatical accounts for each language. (25 references)…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Contrastive Linguistics, English, English (Second Language)
