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Direct linkKissau, Scott; Algozzine, Bob – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
Studies investigating teacher candidate performance on traditional assessments of content knowledge place emphasis on just one of many skills needed to be an effective foreign language teacher; they also fail to explain why many teacher candidates with advanced oral proficiency struggle in the classroom and why some with less advanced language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Language Teachers
Moser, Kelly – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2012
For initial certification in French, German, and Spanish, teacher candidates in most states are required to pass one of the Praxis II subject matter tests. As of October 2010, a new test was added to the "Praxis Series." This Praxis II: World Language Test represents a significant change from previous versions and relies heavily upon the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Teachers, Teacher Education, Second Languages
Download full textKiliçkaya, Ferit; Krajka, Jaroslaw – Online Submission, 2013
This paper presents a review of language teacher selection examination and recruitment in Turkey and Poland, together with the national assessments conducted to assess candidates entering the teaching profession such as Praxis I and II and the Teaching Knowledge Test. It further discusses KPSS (Selection Examination for Professional Posts in…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Selection, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Moser, Kelly – Current Issues in Education, 2012
Researchers (Sandarg & Schomber, 2009; Wilkerson, Schomber, & Sandarg, 2004) have urged the profession to develop a new subject-matter licensure test to reflect the best practices in the foreign language classroom. In October 2010, the Praxis II: World Language Test joined the Praxis Series. Given that this standards-driven test differs…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Tannenbaum, Richard J. – 1992
The Educational Testing Service is preparing to introduce a new generation of teacher assessments, the Praxis Series of professional assessments for beginning teachers. Preparatory to test development, a job analysis was conducted to define a knowledge and ability domain important for newly certified Spanish teachers to perform their jobs in a…
Descriptors: Ability, Beginning Teachers, Competence, Educational Assessment
Reynolds, Anne – 1993
The job analysis study described in this report was conducted to serve as one of the bases for documenting the content validity of the Praxis II Subject Assessment in German. The purpose was to describe the most important knowledge and skills domains needed by newly licensed (certified) German teachers in order to perform their jobs in a competent…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Evaluation Methods, German, Job Analysis
