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Vanek, Marianne; Woodhall, Michael – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1970
Describes the preparation, structure and experimental testing of an examination designed to test student achievement in the subsidiary German course at the Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, one of several subsidiary language courses aimed at giving Modern Language students a sound working knowledge of a third language. (FB)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Experiments, German, Language Instruction
McKinstry, Robert – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Proficiency

Briscoe, Laurel A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1977
Language learning is not maximally efficient without intentional practice following tests that evaluate student achievement of an instructional objective. Post-evaluation practice must be at increasing intervals to maximize student retention, and must sometimes be unscheduled, to achieve automatic language usage. A distribution schedule and types…
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Language Usage
Di Cristo, Albert – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1975
This article presents a model of a proficiency test for objectively evaluating the French pronunciation of advanced English-speaking students. A survey of different techniques is made. The specific techniques described allows for testing of phonemic, phonetic and prosodic competency. A sample correction grid is included. (CLK)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Lubke, Diethard – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1972
Descriptors: Definitions, French, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Robinson, Peter – IRAL, 1970
Tests which the foreign language competence of the learner are the chief focus of the discussion, and the following aspects of such tests are discussed: purpose level, type, selection, form, gradation, order, number of items, administration of test, correction, and validation. (FB)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Evaluation, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels

Holt, R. F. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1975
The lack of oral testing in second language learning and the reasons for this lack are discussed. Examples of oral tests which have been developed are given. (RM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Loebner, Horst-Dieter – Neueren Sprachen, 1972
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

Muller, Gilbert H. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1972
Paper delivered at the annual meeting of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) on November 27, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois. (DS)
Descriptors: Chinese, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency

Pimsleur, Paul – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1970
Speech presented at the Sixth Annual Whitewater Language Conference, Whitewater, Wisconsin, March 1970. Many of the ideas presented have more relevance for the United States than Canada. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency

Beardsmore, H. Baetens – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
A testing technique is reported for testing oral production which attempts to combine the advantages of the interview test and the standardized, discrete-point test and to improve standardization of tests of oral production. (RM)
Descriptors: Grading, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1974
This bibliography is divided into four main sections. The first section cites bibliographies dealing with language testing, while the second and third sections deal with books and articles in the same area. A fourth section lists test distributors' catalogues. Entries include publications from many countries. Most entries have been published since…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Harding, Ann – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
Students and teachers are dissatisfied with sixth form language instruction and examinations, claiming that their purposes and goals are confused and not clearly articulated. The suggested new emphasis involves instruction in various specific and practical modes of written and oral language production, written translation, and reading and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Skills

Taylor, James S. – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Orschel, Gerhard – Neueren Sprachen, 1972
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories