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Linder, Cathy, Ed. – 1977
This handbook is a compendium of communication testing techniques submitted by French teachers from the United States, France, and Canada. The majority of the handbook consists of sample oral communication tests. The introductory section defines communication, outlines communications testing, and discusses listening comprehension, oral expression,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, French, Higher Education
Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – 1978
This book addresses the question of what tests are measures of. Intelligence, achievement, and personality tests not based on empirical investigation have questionable validity. Some researchers now suspect that almost all tests given to students in all subjects, as well as general tests of intelligence and personality, are essentially language…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure
Tommola, Jorma – 1978
The idea of reducing the redundancy of a verbal message in a statistical way is presented as a practiced technique of language testing. Considering the temporality of speech comprehension, and the necessarily sequential intake of information, these cues may include the serial order of elements and transitional probability. To give the background…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Ability
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Arlington, VA. – 1978
This annotated bibliography of English as a second language (ESL) materials for grades K-3 is divided into four parts. The first part, ESL texts, lists a number of series or single texts that are designed to teach the spoken language and reading to the elementary school child. The second part is a list of readers that, although were mostly…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Communicative Competence (Languages), Early Childhood Education

McDonald, Frederick J.; And Others – 1977
This volume contains the appendices to a study to determine which patterns of classroom interaction and student characteristics were related to students' acquisition of oral proficiency in English. Participants were the English as a second language teachers and students at the West New York (New Jersey) Adult Learning Center. Student measures, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis
Walters, Joel – 1979
After a critical examination of four assumptions of current procedures in language assessment, it is argued that the pragmatic domain of language ability should be the first to be assessed. A study designed to determine the usefulness of language variation (the number of different structures a child can produce or comprehend) as an alternative…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Hieke, Adolf E. – 1977
Audio-Lectal Practice (ALP) as a second language teaching methodology is described. In this program, students recite progressively difficult texts in the language laboratory, and compare their recitation with the taped recitation of a native speaker. The method facilitates exposure and rigorous work on the oral discourse features of the target…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Audiotape Recordings, Communicative Competence (Languages), Connected Discourse
SCHIEFELBUSCH, RICHARD L., ED.; AND OTHERS – 1967
BASED ON A SERIES OF CONFERENCE PAPERS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, THE BOOK CONSIDERS BOTH EMPIRICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS. LITERATURE REVIEWS PROVIDE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON RELEVANT RESEARCH (68 RESEARCH, 1955-66) AND ON LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION (149 CITATIONS, 1929-66). FURTHER PAPERS ON…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research

Foley, Alice L. – 1962
A 3-year study of the effect of 3 years of audiolingually oriented FLES instruction on student achievement in French and Spanish classes in grades 7-12 is described. Samples of the language proficiency tests used as research instruments for grades 7 and 9 are reproduced in the extensive appendixes, along with the objectives of the FLES program.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Comparative Analysis
Spolsky, Bernard, Ed. – 1972
This volume on the language education of minority children is divided into three sections: (1) Multilingualism in the United States, (2) Bilingualism and Bilingual Education, and (3) Language Education in Practice. Following an introductory essay, "The Language Education of Minority Children," by Bernard Spolsky, the articles in the first section…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Black Dialects

Teitelbaum, Herta – 1977
Data on language competence and language use were obtained for 99 Spanish/English bilingual elementary school children (kindergarten through fourth grade) from Albuquerque. The children's language skills were assessed by teachers, interviewers, and the children themselves. The teachers and the children also estimated the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
Oller, John W., Jr. – 1977
This paper questions the purpose of testing in second language instruction. Comments are based on an examination of tests used by the Defense Language Institute for students of English as a second language. Two kinds of tests are used: the English Comprehension Level (ECL), used primarily as a basis for setting exit requirements, and "Book…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Formative Evaluation, Item Analysis
Orvik, James M. – 1975
The purposes of this paper are to: (1) describe the general linguistic situation in Alaska, (2) describe the bilingual education situation, and (3) discuss the effectiveness of the bilingual education programs and give an idea of the potential of bilingual education as a social force in Alaska. Much of the information is summarized in a number of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
LaBay, Michael J.; Anderson, Nels M. – 1976
Results of the research reported in this paper suggest that the development of mentally handicapped preschool children may not be measurable in distinct cognitive, social/emotional, physical motor, and language areas. This research further indicates that a testing instrument designed to measure the generalized factors of intelligence and social…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Cognitive Tests

Ringbom, Hakan, Ed.; Palmberg, Rolf, Ed. – 1976
The influence of mother-tongue interference is examined on the basis of data from two tests at different levels of English proficiency: a commercial-college level, covering 4-5 years of English studies, involving a composition and translation test, and a preuniversity level, covering 7-8 years of English studies, with a multiple-choice test. A…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)