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Lubke, Diethard – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1972
Descriptors: Definitions, French, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Moulin, A. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1972
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Communication Skills, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedWoodsworth, John A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1972
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Linguistic Competence
Robinson, Peter – IRAL, 1970
Tests which the foreign language competence of the learner are the chief focus of the discussion, and the following aspects of such tests are discussed: purpose level, type, selection, form, gradation, order, number of items, administration of test, correction, and validation. (FB)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Evaluation, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Farmer, S. P. – Modern Languages, 1972
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Language Laboratories, Language Proficiency, Pronunciation
Allen, Louise H. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) in November 1971, in Chicago, Illinois. (DS)
Descriptors: Courses, Departments, Educational Objectives, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedNemser, William – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Earlier version of this paper was published in "Studies I" (The Yugoslav Serbo-Croatian English Contrastive Project, 1969, p3-12). (DS)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Spolsky, Bernard – Florida F L Rep, 1969
Suggests a functional definition of levels in the preparation of proficiency tests which would test the student's ability to operate in a specified sociolinguistic situation with specified ease or effect. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (AMM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedWallwork, Jean – English Language Teaching, 1971
Based on a paper read at the Third Annual Conference, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, in London, England, December 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedRobinson, Peter – English Language Teaching, 1970
Identifies different types of tests and then treats evaluation tests at some length. Emphasizes that there is no such things as a universal test, which can be used to measure the second-language competence of any group of people," and that tests are only useful for the group they were designed to measure." (FB)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation, Language Proficiency
Mackey, William F. – Foreign Lang Ann, 1970
Sample questionnaire included. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the ESC Conference Planning Committee on Bilingual Education at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 3-5, 1969, and at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, June 27-28, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classification
Smith, Philip D., Jr. – Foreign Lang Ann, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests
Otto, Frank – Mod Lang J, 1969
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Secondary Schools
Peer reviewedLivingston, Sue – Sign Language Studies, 1983
A study of spontaneous sign language of six deaf children of hearing parents, examined three times in a 15-month period, is described. Processes and structures representative of and not representative of signed English were sought at various levels of linguistic complexity, including developing semantics, and compared with American Sign Language.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Children, Deafness
Haines, David W. – Migration Today, 1983
Briefly reviews the history, initial problems, and economic adjustment of Southeast Asian refugees residing in the United States today. Provides some figures on yearly arrivals from 1975 to 198l, national origin of the U.S. Southeast Asians, their current level of English proficiency, labor force participation, and percent of households on public…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Economic Status, Employment
