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James, C. Vaughn; Rouve, Sonia – 1973
This survey is a result of the decision of the British Department of Education and Science to provide a long-term forecast of national needs in modern languages. The overall aims of the project were to describe levels of teaching and standards of achievement in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in terms of (1) what is required for…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Curriculum Evaluation, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Pimsleur, Paul – Language Association Bulletin, 1975
A norm-referenced evaluation system, which evaluates the student in comparison to his peers, is rejected in favor of a criterion-referenced system. The latter, which rates the performance of a student on an absolute standard, makes for an individualized approach. Two kinds of tests are distinguished, the formative, administered during the course…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria