Prediction of Foreign Language Proficiency.

Sparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore; Patton, Jon; Artzer, Marjorie; Siebenhar, David; Plageman, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ553146

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Publication Date: 1997

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Prediction of Foreign Language Proficiency.

Sparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore; Patton, Jon; Artzer, Marjorie; Siebenhar, David; Plageman, Mark

Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n3 p549-61 Sep 1997

Best predictors of overall proficiency in a foreign language were examined in two experiments involving 60 high school female students in a private school and 36 10th graders in a coeducational public school. Best predictors were grade at the end of one year of study of the language and foreign language word decoding. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), High School Students, High Schools, Language Proficiency, Prediction, Private Schools, Public Schools, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Single Sex Schools

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Language: English

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