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Peer reviewedEdwards, Alison L. – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Examined the validity of the pragmatic approach to test difficulty put forward by Child (1987). This study investigated whether the Child discourse-type hierarchy predicts text difficulty for second-language readers. Results suggested that this hierarchy may provide a sound basis for developing foreign-language tests when it is applied by trained…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Analysis of Variance, French, Interrater Reliability
Download full textIngram, D. E. – 1996
The Australian Second Language Proficiency Ratings (ASLPR) is a scale that describes how second language proficiency develops on a scale from zero to native-like proficiency, providing performance descriptions in terms of practical tasks. Initially developed for English second language teaching, it has been adapted for English dialects in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability, Language Proficiency
