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Comparing Spanish Certification Exams for Bilingual Teachers: Test Design and Other Pedagogical Considerations
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Ciriza, Maria del Puy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This article compares Spanish proficiency assessments across three states (Texas, Arizona, and California) in relation to four overarching themes: (a) verification methods of proficiency; (b) test-task authenticity; (c) impact of pedagogical content knowledge in test performance; and (d) conceptions of language 'correctness' on the scoring…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Spanish
Aspects of Syntactic and Semantic Variation within the Arizona Tewa Speech Community.
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Kroskrity, Paul V. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1978
Examines some aspects of syntactic and semantic variation in the Arizona Tewa speech community, including the speech community members' perception of variation, with a view to exploring the implications of this variation for the study of language change and the anthropological study of language structure. (AM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Attitudes
Sociopolitical Perspectives on Language Policy and Planning in the USA. Studies in Bilingualism, Volume 16.
Huebner, Thom, Ed.; Davis, Kathryn A., Ed. – 1999
This monograph includes a collection of papers that are an outgrowth of a colloquium on socio-political dimensions of language policy and language planning held at the 1997 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference. Section 1, "Language Policy/Planning Frameworks," includes: (1) "Sociopolitical Perspectives on Language…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Deaf Interpreting, Diversity (Student), Educational Legislation