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Freeman, Bryant C. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1973
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Graduate Study
Fumadelles, Michel; Truteau, Francoise – Langues Modernes, 1971
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Modern Languages, Second Languages
Bretschneider, John H. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Modern Languages
Prado, Eduardo – Yelmo, 1971
Descriptors: Diacritical Marking, Diagrams, Grammar, Language Instruction
Laurent, Pierre – Francais dans le Monde, 1971
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Training, Foreign Countries, French
Rojas, Collete – Francais dans le Monde, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, French, Grammar
Peer reviewedPerren, George – English Language Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Peer reviewedLowy, Esther G.; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
French, Spanish, and Yiddish community activists claim revivals in their communities in recent years, and consider their mother tongues to be their most vital and visible expression. The Hispanic groups are admitted to be the most positive about the revival, although they are less commonly concerned with a puristic standard of language usage. (MSE)
Descriptors: Activism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity
Peer reviewedBretherton, Inge; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1983
Results of a statistical study of language in 30 infants suggest that two acquisition styles (nominal/pronominal and referential/expressive) are developing in parallel. Only for children heavily emphasizing one strategy can a distinctive style be determined. Results at 20 months were only partially predictive of performance at 28 months. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Individual Differences, Infants, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedBelasco, Simon – Modern Language Journal, 1983
Offers some insights into why students rarely attain proficiency in a second language. Suggests organizing a second language program in such a way as to encourage students to spend the time required to become proficient. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Student Role
Peer reviewedZorach, C. C. – Modern Language Journal, 1983
Outlines the foreign language requirements of the University of Michigan's Residential College, including the five-part proficiency exam, covering all four language skills. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Latkiewicz, John; Anderson, Colette – Migration Today, 1983
Based upon a research project conducted for the Manpower and Employment Training Council, Utah Office of Labor and Training, discusses: (1) personnel managers' and supervisors' perceptions of refugees during job interviews, (2) their perceptions of refugees as workers, and (3) their perceptions of the English proficiency necessary for success in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Asian Americans, Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications
Peer reviewedGenesee, Fred – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1983
Describes immersion programs in the United States and Canada and reviews results of evaluative research pertaining to them. Discusses findings with respect to students' native-language development, academic achievement, and second language proficiency. Also discusses the suitability of immersion for students with distinctive, potentially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Immersion Programs
Peer reviewedGeoffrion, Leo D. – Volta Review, 1982
Informal teletype (TTY) conversations between nine hearing impaired teenagers and a hearing adult were used to examine their everyday communication ability. Students with good English language skills produced longer and more complex messages that were not more correct grammatically or more easily understood than those by students with poor English…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Hearing Impairments, High Schools
Peer reviewedFarhady, Hossein – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Examines theoretical and practical issues in ESL testing including inadequacies of definitions of language proficiency with respect to test taker characteristics; empirical evidence in support of relationship between test taker characteristics and performance on language tests; and guidelines to dealing with test taker characteristics and language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Tests
