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Download full textvon Schmidt, Wolff – 1997
A discussion of the status of German second language instruction, particularly at the postsecondary level, focuses on the role of standards, curriculum, and testing in increasing interest in and support for foreign language education. A substantial decline in German enrollments in the first half of the 1990s is noted, and possible reasons are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Enrollment Influences, German
Zwick, Rebecca; Thayer, Dorothy T. – 1995
The performance of graduate and undergraduate school applicants on the Test of Written English (TWE) was compared for each of 66 data sets, dating from 1988 to 1993. The analyses compared the average TWE score for graduates and undergraduates after matching examinees on the total score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The main…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), High School Students
