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Exploring Conditions to Enhance Student/Host Family Interaction Abroad
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Knight, Susan M.; Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This study investigates the role of task-based learning in the study abroad experience in order to enhance interaction with the host family. Tasks were incorporated into a Family Interaction Journal and implemented under four evolving, though different, conditions over a 5-year period. The conditions were: (1) home campus administered/student…
Descriptors: Interaction, Study Abroad, Interpersonal Relationship, Journal Writing
The Japanese Skills Test as an On-Demand Placement Test: Validity Comparisons and Reliability
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Eda, Sanae; Itomitsu, Masayuki; Noda, Mari – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This study and analysis are designed to find a common, practical measurement tool that may be used for intra- and interprogram evaluation of Japanese programs, especially in the higher education context. First, three previous methods of evaluation (the Oral Proficiency Interview, the Nihongo Noryoku Shiken or Japanese Language Proficiency Test,…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Achievement Tests
An Analysis of Results from the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview and the Chinese Proficiency Test Before and After Intensive Instruction in Chinese as a Foreign Language.
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Ke, Chuanren – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
This study investigated the nature of progress made in learning Chinese as a Foreign Language by adult learners in an intensive summer program in an American university setting. Chinese language ability of 22 students was measured by a multiple choice test and an interview test. Data are interpreted and discussed in terms of implications for…
Descriptors: Adults, Chinese, Interviews, Language Proficiency