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Causation or Correlation: A Reply to Oller and Perkins.
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Upshur, John A.; And Others – Language Learning, 1978
Agrees with Oller and Perkins (1978) that correlation and causation are not equivalent and that correlations between invalid measures yield no important conclusions. In addition, Oller and Perkins' arguments against the validity of self-report measurements are examined, as well as evidence for a causal relation between variance in affective…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Correlation
Determining the Reliability, Validity, and Scalability of the Graduated Dictation Test.
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Fouly, Kamal A.; Cziko, Gary A. – Language Learning, 1985
Describes a study which examined the reliability, validity, and scalability of a new technique for constructing, administering, and scoring dictation tests to measure second language proficiency. Findings indicate that such tests can be constructed easily by dividing a coherent text into segments of increasing length. (SED)
Descriptors: Dictation, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
The Relevance of Intensive Training in English as a Foreign Language for University Students
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Mason, Charles – Language Learning, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Intensive Language Courses
Direct Evaluation of Second-Language Proficiency: The Effect of Rater and Scale in Oral Interviews.
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Mullen, Karen A. – Language Learning, 1978
Reports the results of a study which sought to investigate the validity of the oral interview in testing language proficiency, in particular that of adult students of English as a Second Language. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Proficiency
A Further Comment on Language Proficiency as a Source of Variance in Certain Affective Measures.
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Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1978
Questions the validity of current measurement instruments or techniques which purport to assess affective variables, and relates this to the question of correlation between measures of affective variables and attained language proficiency. (AM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Language Proficiency
The Cloze Technique and ESL Proficiency
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Oller, John W., Jr.; Conrad, Christine A. – Language Learning, 1971
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in EFL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Adult Japanese Speakers.
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Chihara, Tetsuro; Oller, John W., Jr. – Language Learning, 1978
Examines: (1) correlations between attitudes of Japanese students toward various variables, and their proficiency in English; and (2) the validity of attitude measures. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attitude Measures, English (Second Language), Japanese
Intelligence and Language Proficiency as Sources of Variance in Self-Reported Affective Variables.
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Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1978
Discusses three possible sources of nonrandom but extraneous variance in self-reported attitude data, and demonstrates that these data may be surreptitious measures of verbal intelligence and language proficiency. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Correlation
The Use of English and French Cloze Tests in a Bilingual Education Program Evaluation: Validity and Error Analysis.
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Lapkin, Sharon; Swain, Merrill – Language Learning, 1977
Some empirical data are presented concerning the use of cloze tests to measure children's proficiency in a bilingual educational program. The subjects were grade five students in their sixth year of a primary French immersion program. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, English
Oral Proficiency Testing: Comparative Validities of Interview, Imitation, and Completion Methods.
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Henning, Grant – Language Learning, 1983
Three oral testing methods (imitation, completion, and interview) were compared for reliability and validity with 143 adult Egyptian learners of English. Five components (raw score, fluency, pronunciation, grammar, and combined fluency-pronunciation-grammar) were analyzed for each method. Imitation showed the highest validity, with interview and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Arabs, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis
The Cloze Test as an Integrative Measure of EFL Proficiency: A Substitute for Essays on College Entrance Examinations?
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Fotos, Sandra S. – Language Learning, 1991
Analysis of the use of a cloze-procedure test to measure the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) proficiency of Japanese college students revealed that the cloze test correlated significantly with an essay test and improved prediction of ESL proficiency, suggesting that carefully constructed cloze tests could be useful in integrative language…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Analysis