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Validating the AP[R] German Language Exam through a Curricular Survey of Third-Year College Language Courses

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Bischof, Deborah Lokai – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2005

Curriculum surveys are used periodically to validate the use of Advanced Place Program[R] (AP[R]) Exams as assessments of skills required for advanced college-level study. In the case of AP German Language, the target level is third-year college language study. This article presents results from a 2003 curriculum survey completed by third-year…

Descriptors: German, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Curriculum

The German Speaking Test: Utility and Caveats.

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Norris, John M. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1997

Discusses the utility of the German Speaking Test (GST) as a general test of German foreign-language proficiency, examining whether it can be used effectively in classroom and institutional foreign-language settings and how proficiency ratings based on the GST relate to examinees' real-world German communicative abilities. Caveats regarding the…

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, German, Higher Education