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Differential Gain Rates in Intensive ESL Programs. Who Gains the Most?

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Weissberg, Robert C.; Stuve, Mark – System, 1979

Reports on an experiment, conducted on 63 students of English, which sought to determine whether certain students within heterogeneous population groups can be expected to make significantly more rapid gains than others, and whether scores on a standardized proficiency test can identify students who will make greater or lesser gains. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intensive Language Courses, Language Ability, Language Proficiency

The Modern Language Aptitude Test in a Peace Corps Context: Validity, Expectancies, and Implications for Further Research.

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Fiks, A. I. – 1968

The language training program for Peace Corps participants is investigated. The objectives were: to investigate the validity of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) for predicting end-of-training Foreign Service Institute (FSI) language proficiency; to discover the relative difficulty of various target languages; to develop tentative…

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Expectancy Tables, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude