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Download full textDieterich, Thomas G.; Freeman, Cecilia – 1979
Part One of this guide explores issues in English proficiency testing. Tests are discussed in terms of the aspect of language tested, and of different kinds of test tasks. The following kinds of test task defects are treated: (1) tests that required literacy skills, (2) tasks that reduce to a vocabulary test, and (3) errant notions of linguistic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation, Item Analysis, Language Proficiency
AVEN, SAMUEL D.; CHRISP, MARVIN – 1967
THE MISSOURI COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST WAS ADMINISTERED TO 1,341 COLLEGE FRESHMEN TO COMPARE THE PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS SCORED BELOW THE 50TH PERCENTILE. THE INVESTIGATORS SUGGEST THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHY GIRLS ARE MORE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH AFTER 12 YEARS OF SCHOOL…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Research, English, English Curriculum
FREEMAN, STEPHEN A. – 1967
IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHING HAS CHANGED RADICALLY, AND THE CONTINUING CONTROVERSY WILL PROVOKE EVEN FURTHER CHANGES. CURRENT INTEREST DEMANDS A MODIFICATION OF THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH TO INCLUDE TRAINING, AS SOON AS PEDAGOGICALLY FEASIBLE, IN ALL FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS. INCREASED ENROLLMENTS AND EXTENDED STUDY SEQUENCES HAVE…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Modern Languages
REPORT ON THE ARTICULATORY AND INTELLIGIBILITY STATUS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN.
FRIEDLANDER, GEORGE H. – 1965
THIS STUDY OF THE ARTICULATORY AND INTELLIGIBILITY LEVEL OF A SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP OF CHILDREN IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM INVOLVED 150 CHILDREN, 4 1/2 - 6 YEARS OF AGE, WITH EQUAL NUMBERS OF BOYS AND GIRLS. THIS GROUP WAS COMPOSED OF CHILDREN OF FAMILIES WITH SPANISH LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, OF CHILDREN OF NATIVE NEGRO FAMILIES, AND OF CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background, Disadvantaged
RAPH, JANE BEASLEY – 1965
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR OBTAINING AND ANALYZING CONTINUOUS EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE SAMPLES USED BY PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WHEN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. IT ALSO WAS TO CONSIDER MEANS FOR ANALYZING THESE SAMPLES THAT WOULD YIELD CERTAIN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS. FOUR INVESTIGATORS WERE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Language Patterns
Longhurst, Thomas M. – 1977
The second of four documents provides a summary of the scientific literature pertaining to spontaneous language acquisition in handicapped preschool children, and reviews and evaluates procedures for assessing language acquisition in these children. Chapter l focuses on language development in nonhandicapped children after they have acquired their…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Cervenka, Edward John – 1968
This battery of test instruments is one of a set of three developed for use in the study of bilingual (English-Spanish) instruction programs and other compensatory programs in Texas. The tests are to be individually administered and are designed to measure children's basic language competence via the perceptual and motor sides of linguistic and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language), Guides
Olsson, Margareta – 1974
The report describes an analysis of errors yielded by a written test in English given to 424 Swedish 14-year-olds from 24 different classes in the comprehensive school. The analysis discusses the difference in attainment between pupils of high and low proficiency, frequencies and types of errors for regular and irregular verbs, and the occurrence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1976
A survey of Oklahoma businesses dealing in international trade shows that these firms need personnel skilled in foreign languages. Career areas in which these skills are needed are varied, and applicants with language proficiency in addition to other skills could have an advantage over other applicants. Some respondents commented that language…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Opportunities, Career Planning, Employment Opportunities
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
This report from the Comptroller General to Congress is designed to assess the effectiveness of the Bilingual Education Program and to suggest ways to improve its administration. The program as originally conceived is described, and funding, participation, and recent legislative developments affecting bilingual education are discussed. It is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Improvement, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Zisman, Paul M.
The study assessed the effects of home-country education on the occupational integration of a sample of 82 male immigrants from Spanish American countries in the District of Columbia. The approach was to conceive of the occupational integration of immigrants as a specific case of status attainment. A model of occupational integration described by…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Immigrants
Ramlot, J. M. – 1974
By studying the job offers in a Belgian newspaper, an attempt is made to determine what the language needs in business are. Offers which explicitly require language skills were collected from a French-language newspaper between November of 1971 and June of 1972, and codified according to the languages mentioned and the combinations thereof, the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Business Communication, Dutch, English
Hatry, Paul – 1974
The first part of this paper outlines the factors that appear to influence the language attitudes or language behavior of business directors and managerial staff in Belgium. Age and the economic and political surroundings appear to be the principal factors. The younger individuals are, the more positive are their attitudes about the language…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Business Communication, Economic Factors
Carroll, John B. – 1970
The problem of determining relative weights for quantity and quality in scoring foreign language speaking and writing fluency tests is studied. French speaking and writing fluency tests were administered to students of French in several schools in England. Data from these tests was analyzed to support the suggestion that scoring formulas should…
Descriptors: Correlation, French, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency
Bouma, Lowell – 1974
The use of questions in the target language on reading material is an important teaching aid in developing a working command of the spoken language in introductory FL courses. The best use of reading material in the early stages of second language acquisition is as an aid to communicating in the target language. Consequently, reading material…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, German, Language Fluency, Language Instruction
