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Direct linkGaillard, Stéphanie; Tremblay, Annie – Language Learning, 2016
This study investigated the elicited imitation task (EIT) as a tool for measuring linguistic proficiency in a second/foreign (L2) language, focusing on French. Nonnative French speakers (n = 94) and native French speakers (n = 6) completed an EIT that included 50 sentences varying in length and complexity. Three raters evaluated productions on…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Cloze Procedure, Questionnaires, Language Tests
Kim, Youn-Hee; Jang, Eunice Eunhee – Language Learning, 2009
The increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in Canadian schools pose a significant challenge to the standards-based provincial tests used to measure proficiency levels of all students from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This study investigated the extent to which reading item bundles or items on the Ontario Secondary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPerkins, Kyle; Brutten, Sheila R. – Language Learning, 1988
Analysis of the keyed responses of items in three English-as-a-Second-Language reading comprehension tests focused on the form and source of information and on the frequency with which the information appeared in the text. Analysis of the results found that these facets were differentially related to the item score at different proficiency levels.…
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
