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Direct linkSung, Yao-Ting; Lin, Wei-Chun; Dyson, Scott Benjamin; Chang, Kuo-En; Chen, Yu-Chia – Modern Language Journal, 2015
Selecting appropriate texts for L2 (second/foreign language) learners is an important approach to enhancing motivation and, by extension, learning. There is currently no tool for classifying foreign language texts according to a language proficiency framework, which makes it difficult for students and educators to determine the precise…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Readability, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedLee, James F.; Musumeci, Diane – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Tests empirically the model of second-language reading proficiency promoted by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Reader developmental levels are not consistent with the ACTFL hierarchy of text types and reading skills. Graphs compare hypothesized and obtainable results. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Italian, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedAllen, Edward D.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1988
More than 1,500 high school foreign language students were tested for comprehension of authentic texts. First- through fifth-year French, German, and Spanish students read texts of the types mentioned in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines at the intermediate and intermediate high levels. All students captured some meaning from each of the texts.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, French, German, High School Students
