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ERIC Number: EJ555650
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Proficiency Testing: A Benchmark for Language Teacher Education.
Elder, Catherine
Babel: Australia, v29 n2 p8-19 Jul-Sep 1994
Discusses what constitutes adequate language proficiency on the part of the language teacher for the classroom and the problems associated with defining and measuring the language skills of language teachers. Considers these issues in the context of an Italian language proficiency project undertaken at the University of Melbourne, Australia. (39 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Italian, Language Proficiency, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Qualifications, Test Construction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia