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Peer reviewedSpolsky, Bernard – Language Testing, 1995
Discusses attempts made in the United States and elsewhere to develop prognostic tests that would justify decisions to exclude unqualified students from high school foreign-language classes. After the Second World War, U.S. government language programs supported research in the assessment of language aptitude to improve selection techniques. (36…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, High School Students, Language Aptitude, Language Research
