Separating the Effect of More Hours of Instruction from General Language Development on Achievement in French as a Second Language [microform] / L. D. McLean
- Bib ID:
- 5408285
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- McLean, L. D
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980
- 27 p.
- Summary:
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This paper presents research on the contribution of the amount of schooling to performance in French as a second language, assessed by newly developed measures of communicative competence. Test items addressed three components of communicative competence: grammatical, sociolinguistic, and strategic. Aware of the relationship of context to communication, test developers presented every task, or test item, within a meaningful context, and, whenever possible, language samples were taken from authentic materials. Test items, including both speaking and writing tasks, were prepared and administered to 6000 grade 6 and grade 10 students in 849 core French classes. Data are reported in terms of levels incorporating both maturity (growth from grade 6 to grade 10) and time (cumulative number of hours of instruction). The unit of analysis for performance evaluation is the classroom p-value (proportion correct). The analysis reveals that substantial gains are due to maturation rather than added instruction. (MES)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto.
- ERIC Note: Revised version of a paper presented at the International Symposium on Educational Testing (4th, Antwerp, Belgium, June 1980).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1977
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