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Mendoza, Anna – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2018
The author examines discourses of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and World Englishes (WEs) in the commercials for 2 standardized English tests: the International English Language Testing System for study abroad in English-dominant countries and the Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program for Canadian permanent residency and…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Tarling, Kate; Perkins, Michael R.; Stojanovik, Vesna – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2006
Williams syndrome (WS) is characterized by apparent relative strengths in language, facial processing and social cognition but by profound impairment in spatial cognition, planning and problem solving. Following recent research which suggests that individuals with WS may be less linguistically able than was once thought, in this paper we begin to…
Descriptors: Test Results, Linguistics, Standardized Tests, Social Cognition
Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V.; Elias-Olivares, Lucia – 1981
This paper examines: (1) the use of questions by children at different levels of proficiency in Spanish and English, and (2) the congruency between the language constructs used to measure language proficiency and the natural language repertoire of children as seen in video-tapes of classroom interaction. A quantitative analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)