Language Dominance and Proficiency Testing: Some General Considerations.

Hernandez-Chavez, Eduardo; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ199984

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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Language Dominance and Proficiency Testing: Some General Considerations.

Hernandez-Chavez, Eduardo; And Others

NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v3 n1 p41-54 Fall 1978

Focusing on the distinction between inferential measures of language proficiency and tests which assess language skills more directly, the article discusses briefly various dimensions relevant to language proficiency testing and some of the special problems involved in the testing of equivalent proficiencies. (NQ)

Descriptors: Language Dominance, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests, Linguistic Competence, Measurement Instruments, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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