Current Developments in Proficiency Evaluation for African Languages.

Sonst. Personen	Dwyer, David J. (Hrsg.)
Institution	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. African Studies Center.
Titel	Current Developments in Proficiency Evaluation for African Languages.
Quelle	(1990), (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	African Languages; Certification; Foreign Countries; Hausa; Inservice Teacher Education; Intensive Language Courses; Language Proficiency; Language Teachers; Language Tests; Oral Language; Program Descriptions; Speech Skills; Teamwork; Testing; Trend Analysis; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Workshops + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Ausland; Lehrerfortbildung; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Testdurchführung; Testen; Trendanalyse; Minderheitensprache; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	The essays collected here describe events, trends, and issues in the development of language proficiency testing for African languages. Papers include: "A Brief History of Proficiency Testing" (Richard T. Thompson, Dora E. Johnson); "The 1986 Stanford ACTFL Training Workshop" (William Leben); "The 1987 Madison-MSU Team Workshop" (David Dwyer); "African Language Teaching and Oral Proficiency Testing" (Katherine Demuth); "The Role of Proficiency Evaluation in the 1987 Intensive Advanced Hausa Institute (GPA)" (Jennifer J. Yanco); "The 1988 Madison Workshop on ACTFL Certification" (Linda Hunter); "The 1989 UCLA Workshop on Team Testing" (Russell Schuh); and "Report on the Boston University Proficiency Workshop" (John Hutchison). Appended materials include a list of related federally-funded projects, descriptions of proficiency levels outlined by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), lists of first, second, and third priority African languages, a list of advantages and uses of oral proficiency assessment, and a list of individuals willing to review proficiency assessments for specific languages. Contains 13 references. (MSE)
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