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Empirical Validation of Listening Proficiency Guidelines
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Cox, Troy L.; Clifford, Ray – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Because listening has received little attention and the validation of ability scales describing multidimensional skills is always challenging, this study applied a multistage, criterion-referenced approach that used a framework of aligned audio passages and listening tasks to explore the validity of the ACTFL and related listening proficiency…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis
Empirical Validation of Reading Proficiency Guidelines
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Clifford, Ray; Cox, Troy L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
The validation of ability scales describing multidimensional skills is always challenging, but not impossible. This study applies a multistage, criterion-referenced approach that uses a framework of aligned texts and reading tasks to explore the validity of the ACTFL and related reading proficiency guidelines. Rasch measurement and statistical…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Validity