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Singer, Margaret Keefe – Learning Languages, 1997
Secondary school teachers invented a context for Louisiana's Eighth Grade French and Spanish Proficiency/Credit Exams based on real-life situations students would encounter on class trips to Disney's EPCOT Center. Test activities assess performance in four language skills areas: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Students' reaction to this…
Descriptors: French, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Language Proficiency