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Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Each section of the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery and the CREDIF CGM 62 tests is briefly described. (RM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Language Aptitude, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHarper, Frank B. W.; Kieser, W. E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
A description of the EMLAT, its content, norms used, types of questions and results. Statistical tables are included. The conclusion is that the EMLAT has predictive validity for achievement in French language whether the method used is traditional or audio-lingual. The first two subtests contribute most as predictors. (AMH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, French, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedMcDonald, Peter F.; Sager, J. C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
This article maintains that advanced language learning is inseparable from subject study in the foreign language in question, and that the teaching of specific disciplines in a foreign language should be the cornerstone of advanced language study. Curriculum and methods for advanced levels are discussed. (CLK)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Language Aptitude
Download full textPolitzer, Robert L.; Weiss, Louis – 1969
This two-phase experiment was conducted to determine: (1) whether foreign language aptitude as measured by standard aptitude tests (Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery, Carroll-Sapon Modern Language Aptitude Test) can be significantly increased by training, and (2) whether increases in language aptitude so obtained would result in better language…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cultural Education, Language Ability
