Some Foreign Language Test Development Priorities for the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century.

Stansfield, Charles W.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Some Foreign Language Test Development Priorities for the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century.

Stansfield, Charles W.

Foreign Language Annals, v23 n5 p395-401 Oct 1990

Discusses the need for language-specific versions of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines, including speaking tests based on the simulated oral proficiency interview; listening/reading comprehension tests with items linked to the ACTFL guidelines and Interagency Language Roundtable skill level descriptions; and computer adaptive tests. (23 references) (JL)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests, Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Test Construction

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