Proceedings of the Symposium on the Evaluation of Foreign Language Proficiency (Indiana University, Bloomington, March 4-6, 1987) [microform] / Albert Valdman, Ed
- Bib ID:
- 5546558
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Dept. of Language Education
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 311 p.
- Summary:
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The proceedings of a two and one-half day symposium concerning the assessment of functional language ability through the oral interview process included the following papers: "The FSI/ILR/ACTFL Proficiency Scales and Testing Techniques: Development, Current Status, and Need Research" (John L. D. Clark, Ray T. Clifford); "The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines: An Update" (Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro); "Problems in Examining the Validity of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview" (Lyle F. Bachman); "Legal Caveats on Communicative Proficiency Testing for Graduation Requirements or Teacher Certification" (Sally Magnan); "The Extension of Language Proficiency Guidelines and Oral Proficiency Testing to the Less Commonly Taught Languages" (David Hiple); "Application of the ILR-ACTFL Test and Guidelines to the Less Commonly Taught Languages (Ron Walton); "Bennett-Biersteker Model for Proficiency Profiling in African Languages" (Sally Magnan, Patrick Bennett); "Arabic-Specific Oral Proficiency Guidelines" (Ernest N. McCarus); "The Certificate of Dutch as a Foreign Language" (Jos Nivette); "Communicative Needs: The Case of Irish" (David Singleton); "Adapting ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines to Russian" (Irene Thompson); "Application of the ILR-ACTFL Test and Guidelines to Indonesian (John U. Wolff); "Testing Listening Comprehension in the Context of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (Dan Douglas); "The Problem of the Target Model in Proficiency-Oriented Foreign Language Instruction: (Albert Valdeman); "Four Challenges for Proficiency: Comments from within the AEI Proficiency Framework" (Pardee Lowe, Jr.); "Features of Pragmatic and Sociolinguistic Competence in the Oral Proficiency Interview" (Heidi Byrnes); "The Role of Grammar in the Development of Communicative Ability" (Nina Garrett); "What Price Grammar" (Simon Belasco); "L2 Vocabulary Acquisition" (Susan M. Gass); "Issues in Establishing and Maintaining a Language Proficiency Requirement (Barbara F. Freed); "Developing and Implementing Proficiency Oriented Tests for a New Language Requirement at the University of Minnesota (Dale L. Lange); and "Evaluation of Foreign Language Proficiency: Synthesis" (G. Richard Tucker). Individual presentations or group of presentations are followed by reaction/response papers, comments, and a summary of the discussion session.
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- Availability: Committee for Research and Development in Language Instruction (CREDLI), Ballantine Hall 602, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 ($15.25).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Certification
- Communicative Competence (Languages)
- Evaluation Criteria
- Grammar
- High Schools
- Higher Education
- Language Fluency
- Language Proficiency
- Language Tests
- Listening Comprehension
- Second Language Instruction
- Second Languages
- Student Evaluation
- Test Use
- Testing
- Uncommonly Taught Languages
- Vocabulary Development
- ACTFL ILR Oral Proficiency Guidelines
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1987
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