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Maluch, Jessica Tsimprea; Kempert, Sebastian – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
This study investigates the effect of bilingualism on learning English as a foreign language (L3), examining the impact of manner and sequence of bilingual acquisition and learning as well as language use practices in language minority children. With a sample of 1295 German eighth and ninth graders (bilingual: n = 456, monolingual: n = 839), we…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Language Minorities, English (Second Language)
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Harsch, Claudia; Rupp, Andre Alexander – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2011
The "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR; Council of Europe, 2001) provides a competency model that is increasingly used as a point of reference to compare language examinations. Nevertheless, aligning examinations to the CEFR proficiency levels remains a challenge. In this article, we propose a new, level-centered approach to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Writing Tests, Test Construction, Test Items