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Karla N. Washington; Rachel Wright Karem; Leslie E. Kokotek; Michelle León – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: There is a shortage of available methods to accurately inform the developmental status of children whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds vary from the mainstream. The purpose of this review article was to describe different approaches used to support the accurate characterization of speech, language, and functional communication in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Relevance, Evaluation Methods, Cultural Differences
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Reckase, Mark D.; Xu, Jing-Ru – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
How to compute and report subscores for a test that was originally designed for reporting scores on a unidimensional scale has been a topic of interest in recent years. In the research reported here, we describe an application of multidimensional item response theory to identify a subscore structure in a test designed for reporting results using a…
Descriptors: English, Language Skills, English Language Learners, Scores
Kresovich, Brant M. – Bulletin of College of Education University of the Ryukyus, 1989
Ten speaking and listening activities designed to improve the intercultural communication skills of intermediate and advanced learners of English are presented. The activities are based on seven goals of cultural instruction: (1) sense of culturally controlled behavior; (2) interaction of language and social variables such as gender, age, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills