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Direct linkCox, Troy L.; Brown, Alan V.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Language Testing, 2023
The rating of proficiency tests that use the Inter-agency Roundtable (ILR) and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines claims that each major level is based on hierarchal linguistic functions that require mastery of multidimensional traits in such a way that each level subsumes the levels beneath it. These…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Scoring, Cues
Martinsen, Rob A.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Hispania, 2023
Interacting with native speakers in various types of virtual exchanges is becoming increasingly accessible for language learners and teachers around the world. The present study examined the experiences of beginning and intermediate level learners of Spanish in the United States as they interacted weekly with native Spanish speakers over the…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Brown, Alan V.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Hispania, 2020
This article presents a descriptive analysis of the evolution of the world language Advanced Placement (AP) exam candidates' ethno-racial background, their heritage learner status, and language dominance, with particular emphasis on the two Spanish exams. The data come from aggregated national totals prepared by the College Board that include…
Descriptors: Spanish, Advanced Placement, Language Tests, Spanish Literature
Brown, Alan V.; Cox, Troy L.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and accompanying proficiency guidelines have become a mainstay in academic foreign language assessment. In 2006, an asynchronous electronic interface of the OPI was made available in which candidates are asked to record themselves responding to questions delivered aurally via computer, labeled the Oral…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Interviews
Thompson, Gregory L.; Cox, Troy L.; Knapp, Nieves – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
While studies have been done to rate the validity and reliability of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and Oral Proficiency Interview-Computer (OPIc) independently, a limited amount of research has analyzed the interexam reliability of these tests, and studies have yet to be conducted comparing the results of Spanish language learners who take…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Spanish
Thompson, Gregory L.; Harrison, Katie – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Students' first and target language are often used by both teachers and students during instruction in the foreign language classroom (Levine, 2011). In this study, the frequency of and reasons for students' and teachers' use of English or Spanish were analyzed using video recordings of 40 class sessions taught by eight randomly…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
