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ERIC Number: EJ571991
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-062X
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The German Speaking Test: Utility and Caveats.
Norris, John M.
Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, v30 n2 p148-58 Fall 1997
Discusses the utility of the German Speaking Test (GST) as a general test of German foreign-language proficiency, examining whether it can be used effectively in classroom and institutional foreign-language settings and how proficiency ratings based on the GST relate to examinees' real-world German communicative abilities. Caveats regarding the interpretation of scores based on the GST are examined. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, German, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Evaluation, Test Use
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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