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Reyes, Donald J. – Integrated Education, 1973
Reports a study aimed at determining the relative capacity of selected Latino student's Spanish and English to transmit an abstract and conceptual communication; 53 students from a junior high school in the southwest were asked to define 13 words taken from the revised Stanford Binet-vocabulary list in either English or Spanish. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Glaap, Albert-Reiner – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1971
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Measurement
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Hammerly, Hector – Modern Language Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Educational Objectives, Grammar Translation Method
Matthai, Hans Rudolf – Neueren Sprachen, 1971
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Frederick, E. Coston; Hackleman, Beverly – Reading Horizons, 1971
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
Meiden, Walter – Mod Lang J, 1970
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Graduate Students, Language Proficiency, Modern Languages
Le Goffic, Pierre; Besse, Henri – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Special issued devoted to the problems of teaching Level II of French. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Language Ability, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
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Hill, Jane H. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Child Language, Language Ability, Language Proficiency
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DeFrancis, John – Foreign Language Annals, 1971
Descriptors: Aptitude, Chinese, College Language Programs, Course Descriptions
Knox, Edward C. – French Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, French
Sako, Sydney – TESOL Quart, 1969
Test items designed to measure the four language skills and their combinations are presented; various presentations of item types (question, statement, sentence completion, etc.) are illustrated; and the best possible uses are given for each of the different types. The author is Chief of the Measurement Branch, Defense Language Institute, English…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Valdman, Albert – Mod Lang J, 1970
Revised version of a paper presented at the Fifth Symposium of the PILEI, Programa Interamericano de Linguistica y Ensenanza de Idiomas (Inter-American Program on Linguistics and Foreign Language Instruction), Sao Paolo, Brazil, January 11, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Evaluation, Individualized Instruction
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Gass, Susan – TESOL Quarterly, 1983
The ability of two groups of different language proficiency to make appropriate grammatical judgments and correct sentences was analyzed. With increased proficiency, students moved from a general grammatical ability to an ability to identify and correct details. Results are discussed in terms of concepts of implicit/explicit knowledge and…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, English (Second Language), Grammar
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Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1982
Two major analytic procedures for estimating the number of children with limited English proficiency (discriminant analysis and probabilistic procedures) are described and strengths and weaknesses discussed. Synthetic cohort analysis (an expanded version of the probabilistic approach) is described and recommended as an alternate procedure for…
Descriptors: Children, Discriminant Analysis, English, Estimation (Mathematics)
Platt, John; Weber, Heidi – Language Learning and Communication, 1982
Discusses the distinctions between the acquisition of a second language and of a foreign language. Proposes a tridimensional model for all varietal manifestations of foreign, second, and native language acquisition. Describes Singapore English and the English used by a group of Chinese-medium educated Singaporeans in terms of the model. (EKN)
Descriptors: Creoles, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
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