The Development of Bilingual Proficiency. Interim Report on the First Year of Research, Second Year Report, and Appendices.

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Patrick; und weitere
Institution	Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
Titel	The Development of Bilingual Proficiency. Interim Report on the First Year of Research, Second Year Report, and Appendices.
Quelle	(1983), (621 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Classroom Techniques; Curriculum Development; Elementary Secondary Education; English; Foreign Countries; French; Instructional Effectiveness; Language Proficiency; Language Skills; Language Tests; Portuguese; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Canada; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Klassenführung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; English language; Englisch; Ausland; Französisch; Unterrichtserfolg; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Portugiesischunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kanada
Abstract	The first two years of a study of the development of bilingual language proficiency are reported in separate volumes. The core of the work during this period was the development of a model of language proficiency. Other related studies addressed topics such as the relationship between aspects of language proficiency and scoring methodology on proficiency tests; the role of native language transfer in some of the written production data gathered; the relationship between language use patterns, language attitudes, and proficiency in English and Portuguese in Toronto; and ethnographic aspects of a francophone school and a Chinese community. The development and extensive piloting of an observation instrument called COLT (Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching) designed to capture the communicative orientation of a variety of second language classrooms is also described in detail. Further project activities for years 3-5 are outlined. Extensive related materials appended to the first year report include papers on the specifications and use of a factor analysis model; proficiency tests developed by the project; report of a preliminary observation scheme; a questionnaire for 12th grade students of Portuguese background; and 3 conference reports. The separately bound appendices to the second year report include, among other project-related papers, a discussion of issues regarding coding speech data; the COLT observation scheme and teacher questionnaire; tests and questionnaires used in the Portuguese study, and a detailed account of the Chinese community/school study. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC