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Publication Date: 2002
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Bilingual Academic Spanish Proficiency Tests: Assessment of Bilingual Cross-Cultural and Language and Academic Development Teacher Candidates.
Johannessen, B. Gloria Guzman; Bustamante-Lopez, Isabel
Bilingual Research Journal, v26 n3 p563-74 Fall 2002
Steps are outlined in the development of an academic language proficiency test in Spanish, to measure teacher candidates' language abilities necessary to conduct instruction in Spanish-English bilingual classrooms. Such tests must consider linguistic tasks that bilingual teachers generally perform and communicative skills in academic interaction. (TD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Styles, Language Tests, Spanish, Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Test Construction
For full text: http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol26 no3/abstracts.html.
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