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National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs. – 1983
These language testing guidelines--grouped according to the five categories of the oral language interview: grammar, comprehension, pronunciation, vocabulary, and language utilization (communicative competence)--are presented for the language proficiency examiner. Brief guidelines for assessment are given for each of five levels of proficiency,…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Programed Instruction
Download full textGonzalez-Pino, Barbara – 1987
Testing guidelines based on teachers' experience and on a review of literature concerning approaches to the testing of oral second language skills, are presented in this paper. Considerations in developing the test included coordination with the syllabus, choice of format, grading, and administration. Suggestions are offered from the practices of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Grading, Language Tests, Oral Language
Peer reviewedMobarg, Mats – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Argues that treatment of foreign language vocabulary will vary predictably according to whether the instructional activity is based on a structural or a lexical/collocational view of language. Notes that in a structural approach, vocabulary learning is primarily a frequency- and input-based individual endeavor, while the lexical approach is more…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Language Research
Streiff, Virginia – 1981
The use of the cloze procedure by classroom teachers who are not extensively trained in testing in general or language testing in particular is discussed. Focal points are material selection for cloze; some technical aspects of construction and administration; insights about testing language students naive to cloze; reliability of cloze…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1996
The REEP (Arlington Education and Employment Program) 2-year special project, which set out to research, develop, field-test, and establish recommendations for alternative assessment methods for the language and literacy development of adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), is described and evaluated. Goals and needs of 117 adult…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change
van Groenestijn, Mieke – 2001
Criteria for placement tests on math skills of adult basic education (ABE) students are needed to develop tests that are not too "school-like" because the ABE students are often blocked by math anxiety due to past negative school experiences, students may encounter language problems that affect their math skills, simple math problems do…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Culture Fair Tests, Curriculum Development
