Language Testing--SLA Research Interfaces.

Bachman, Lyle F.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Language Testing--SLA Research Interfaces.

Bachman, Lyle F.

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v9 p193-209 1988

Discusses three research/testing interfaces in second-language (L2) testing: the covariance structure analysis of ex post facto correlational data, the qualitative investigation of test-taking processes, and the development of L2 assessment instruments based on developmental sequences in L2 acquisition. (61 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Tests, Multivariate Analysis, Second Language Learning, Structural Equation Models, Test Theory

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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