ATLAS: Computerised Second Language Proficiency Testing.

Troubleyn, Katrien; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ547475

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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ATLAS: Computerised Second Language Proficiency Testing.

Troubleyn, Katrien; And Others

Computer Assisted Language Learning, v9 n4 p359-66 Dec 1996

Discusses the development of the Adaptive Testing Linguistic Achievement Significance (ATLAS) test used to evaluate second language proficiency of Belgian civil servants. Notes that testers encountered various problems caused by the complexity of language, the difference in background of the candidates and the absence of official objective test criteria. (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Employees, Individual Differences, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Models, Second Language Learning, Standards, Test Construction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Belgium

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