Academic Needs and Priorities for Testing.

Autor/in	Angelis, Paul J.
Titel	Academic Needs and Priorities for Testing.
Quelle	In: American Language Journal, 1 (1982) 1, S.41-56 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Business Administration Education; Engineering Education; English (Second Language); Foreign Students; Graduate Students; Language Proficiency; Language Skills; Language Tests; Research Needs; Second Language Instruction; Student Attitudes; Student Needs; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Forschungsbedarf; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lehrerverhalten; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	Issues arising from the need to develop better English proficiency testing for foreign students are discussed, considering three distinct groups of interested people: (1) the students; (2) decisionmakers responsible for the students' admission throughout the institution, including all faculty; and (3) field specialists, including teachers of English as a second language, linguists, and language teaching and testing researchers. A segment of a study that examined business and engineering graduate students' language difficulties and faculty perceptions of the students' language deficiencies and language skill needs in pursuing academic study is summarized. Priorities for testing are outlined, including: greater knowledge of student characteristics and the role of English in their daily lives; support for research that can be translated into terms useful for administrators; improved linkage between administrators and field specialists; evaluation of the tests now used, from linguistic, psychometric, and practical perspectives; and improved dialogue between teaching and testing specialists. (MSE)
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Update	2004/1/01