Setting the Stage: Constraints on ILR Receptive Skills Testing.

Lowe, Pardee, Jr.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Setting the Stage: Constraints on ILR Receptive Skills Testing.

Lowe, Pardee, Jr.

Foreign Language Annals, v17 n4 p375-79 Sep 1984

Discusses foreign language testing methods, particularly of receptive skills, and how the choice of method for any particular government agency is subject to the constraints imposed by the following factors: (1) method of correction, (2) ease of production and number of exam versions required, (3) content of the test, and (4) administration of the test. (SED)

Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, Reading Skills, Reading Tests, Receptive Language, Second Language Instruction, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Selection

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