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Direct linkMagdalena Luniewska; Magdalena Krysztofiak; Weronika Bialek; Martyna Burdach; Ewa Komorowska; Grzegorz Krajewski; Judyta Pacewicz; Julia Radzikowska; Nina Gram Garmann; Ewa Haman – First Language, 2025
Vocabulary assessment is an important part of measuring language proficiency in both monolingual and bilingual children. The LITMUS Cross-Linguistic Lexical Tasks (CLT) provides a framework for assessing the vocabulary of monolingual and bilingual children using a standardized procedure and comparable stimuli across languages. All language…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Monolingualism, Vocabulary Development
Schnoor, Birger; Hartig, Johannes; Klinger, Thorsten; Naumann, Alexander; Usanova, Irina – Language Testing, 2023
Research on assessing English as a foreign language (EFL) development has been growing recently. However, empirical evidence from longitudinal analyses based on substantial samples is still needed. In such settings, tests for measuring language development must meet high standards of test quality such as validity, reliability, and objectivity, as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Longitudinal Studies
Karami, Hossein; Kouhpaee Nejad, Mohammadhossein; Nourzadeh, Saeed; Ahmadi Shirazi, Masoumeh – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This study was set to cross-validate a bilingual Persian-English version of the Vocabulary Size Test (VST) against the monolingual English version and compare Iranian EFL learners' performance on the two versions. Various bilingual versions of the VST have been developed based on the assumption that bilingual versions are not affected by the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Indo European Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Karami, Hossein – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
This paper reports an attempt to develop and validate a bilingual Persian version of the Vocabulary Size Test (VST). Due to the particular educational system in Iran, there is a dire need for a test that can effectively estimate English learners' vocabulary sizes. Previous research (Nguyen and Nation, 2011) has indicated that bilingual versions of…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Second Language Learning, Monolingualism
Peer reviewedLaesch, Kelley Bowers; van Kleeck, Anne – Language Learning, 1987
Assesses the validity of Language Assessment Scales (LAS) and a cloze test in measuring language proficiency. The LAS and two written cloze passages were administered to 28 Mexican-American third graders enrolled in bilingual classes. The cloze test correlated significantly only with the California Test of Basic Skills. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Cloze Procedure
Download full textClement, R.; And Others – 1977
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of a motivational/attitudinal questionnaire developed for use with francophone students, and to assess the relation of attitudes and motivation to achievement in English. A secondary aim was to evaluate the relation of the context of second language acquisition to attitudes and achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
Levinsky, Frieda L. – 1972
This discussion of bilingualism and second language learning concerns many linguistic considerations that figure in the problem of language instruction. The author reports on current research and on the ideas of several noted linguists. Topics considered in this study are the goals of the bilingual education program, reasons for becoming…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Context
