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Direct linkOlesya Kisselev; Mihail Kopotev; Anton Vakhranev – Modern Language Journal, 2025
Lexical proficiency in a second language (L2) has long been effectively assessed through the measurement of various lexical indices, or textual characteristics that act as observable indicators of such conceptual categories as lexical richness, diversity, sophistication, and fluency. While many studies have established links between these lexical…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Russian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHardin, James N., Jr. – Foreign Language Annals, 1970
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Download full textBrandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. – 1990
Guidelines for Hebrew language proficiency are presented in two companion volumes which are identical except that one gives examples of various linguistic forms in Hebrew and the other provides them in Roman script. These guidelines are based on the generic guidelines published in 1986 by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Functional Literacy, Guidelines, Hebrew
Peer reviewedDorian, Nancy C. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1986
Relative proficiency in Gaelic varies by age in a Highland Scottish region where Gaelic is spoken by a decreasing number of bilinguals in a steadily aging population segment. Although proficiency ranges from full fluency (and Gaelic dominance) to minimal generative skills (and English dominance), there are also deviations at both extremes.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Woutersen, Mirjam; And Others – 1996
A study investigated lexical decision-making among Dutch-English bilinguals in the auditory modality. Subjects, bilinguals at three proficiency levels (intermediate, high, and near-native) were presented with 40 cognate and 40 non-cognate word pairs, a similar number of English and Dutch distractors, and a similar number of nonsense words in each…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Cornu, A. M.; Delahaye, M. – ESP Journal, 1987
When analyzing data concerning interlanguage variation and discourse domain, it appears that learners may exhibit more control in their work-domain than in their life-story domain. Data were collected on the Dutch-French interlanguage of two university economics students to investigate the relation of domain to variation in utterances. (Author/…
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dutch, French
Valdman, Albert, Ed. – 1987
The proceedings of a two and one-half day symposium concerning the assessment of functional language ability through the oral interview process included the following papers: "The FSI/ILR/ACTFL Proficiency Scales and Testing Techniques: Development, Current Status, and Need Research" (John L. D. Clark, Ray T. Clifford); "The ACTFL…
Descriptors: Certification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Evaluation Criteria, Grammar
Japan Association of Language Teaching Journal, 1982
This compilation of four issues of the Japan Association of Language Teachers Journal (JALT) covers the years 1982-1984. The four issues contain a total of 21 articles, as follows: "Communicative Needs in Foreign Language Learning" (Jack C. Richards); "Language Proficiency Interview Testing" (David J. Keitges);…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), English, English (Second Language)
Rasanen, Anne – 1994
This article presents theoretical considerations behind the Jyvaskyla teacher in-service development program in teaching content through a foreign language and surveys some international experiences of bilingual education. The term "bilingual program" refers to all variations of bilingual education and teaching of non-language subjects…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Concept Formation
