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Peer reviewedGlisan, Eileen W.; Foltz, David A. – Modern Language Journal, 1998
A study in two high school language programs investigated students' oral proficiency (OPI) interview ratings after a typical four-year sequence, degree to which teachers could accurately predict students' ratings, and relationship between classroom achievement and OP ratings. Results provide valuable information for states and school districts as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, High Schools
Download full textGray, Philip A. – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet provides teachers, administrators, and curriculum planners with suggestions for ways to develop more effective oral communication instruction in the content areas as well as speech classes. Following a brief…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, High Schools
PDF pending restorationWilliams, Kelly; Sharp, Laura – 1997
A program designed to improve the oral second language skills of high school students in second-year Spanish is reported. Initial analysis attributed the students' low level of oral Spanish skills to lack of motivation and insufficient practice of oral language. Three major interventions were implemented: incorporation of more oral practice of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, High Schools, Instructional Design
Pavlou, Pavlos – 1994
This paper investigates the role of cohesion in oral proficiency testing. This study analyzed the cohesion of oral reports given by 16 Cypriot high school students studying English as a foreign language (EFL) using a modification of M. A. K. Halliday and R. Hasan's rating scale. It then compared the objective cohesion ratings with impressionistic…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Padilla, Amado M.; Sung, Hyekyung – 1999
The development of the Stanford Foreign Language Oral Skills Evaluation Matrix (FLOSEM), a rating scale for assessing communicative proficiency in foreign languages, is described. Information on the utility of the FLOSEM is presented based on the results of three studies. Oral proficiency measures were obtained by means of the FLOSEM from 573 high…
Descriptors: Chinese, Communicative Competence (Languages), Evaluation Methods, High School Students
Peer reviewedGeers, Ann; Moog, Jean – Volta Review, 1989
A study of reading, writing, spoken and signed language, speech perception and production, and cognition of 100 profoundly hearing-impaired students in oral and mainstream high school programs suggests that hearing-impaired students have much higher potential for literacy than previously reported, and that the primary predictor is English-language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
