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Assessing AIM: A Study of Grade 8 Students in an Ontario School Board
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Mady, Callie; Arnott, Stephanie; Lapkin, Sharon – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
This mixed-method study examines the proficiency in and perceptions of French language learning of Grade 8 students who were exposed to an instructional approach called the Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM). Six AIM classes (n = 125) and six non-AIM classes (n = 135) were observed and their students tested using a four-skills French as a second…
Descriptors: Interviews, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Normes linguistiques: Determination, description, contenu, utilite (Linguistic Norms: Determination, Description, Content, Usefulness)
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Mareschal, Roger – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
Discusses different approaches for determining second language proficiency norms to be set by employers for personnel, all involving varying degrees of emphasis on linguistic proficiency on the one hand, and communicative competence on the other. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Employment Qualifications, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency
You and Your Schools
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Davies, O. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Objectives, French, Language Instruction
Activities and Specific Curriculum Materials Which Have Proved Successful with the Less Able Students
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Dimitrievich, Nada – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Toronto, Canada, March 27, 1971. (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Aptitude Tests
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Reid, Evan – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests
Reading and Second-Language Comprehension: A Useful Analogy?
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Woodsworth, John A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1972
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Linguistic Competence
New Approaches to Old Problems through Testing
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Pimsleur, Paul – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1970
Speech presented at the Sixth Annual Whitewater Language Conference, Whitewater, Wisconsin, March 1970. Many of the ideas presented have more relevance for the United States than Canada. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Sound and Fury....
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Maurice, L. J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Discusses the influence of psychology and linguistics on recent methodologies in second language teaching. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conditioning, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Educational Implications of Mother Tongue Maintenance in Minority Language Groups
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Cummins, James – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A study based on two hypotheses: (1) The cognitive and academic effects of bilingualism are mediated by the levels of competence attained in the first and second languages, and (2) the development of skills in a second language is a function of skills already developed in the first language. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Selection Examinations for Student Interpreters at the University of Ottawa.
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Lambert, Sylvie; Meyer, Ingrid – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1988
A discussion of the admission examination to the University of Ottawa's graduate program in interpretation describes the three types of instruments used (oral test, written test, and interview), their measurement of six important interpreter characteristics, and work in progress to evaluate the test's reliability. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Second Language Programs, Graduate Study