Affiliation:
1. Central Michigan University
Abstract
Currently in the USA, a total of 28 states offer bilingual teacher certification and/or endorsement. Of these states, 17 require that the prospective teachers dem onstrate proficiency in their second language, in English, or in both languages. In the context of nationwide bilingual teacher testing procedures, this article describes a criterion-referenced test for bilingual endorsement used in Arizona. Test scores and questionnaires provided information with respect to classification depend ability and rater consistency. Examinee questionnaire responses, teacher question naire responses and test section analysis all contributed evidence for validity. As a result of this study, further research on testing teachers' language proficiency is recommended and considerations for bilingual teacher training are discussed.
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Language and Linguistics
Reference33 articles.
1. The construct validation of self-ratings of communicative language ability
2. Barkin-Riegelhaupt, F. 1985: Testing bilingual language proficiency: an applied approach . In Elias-Olivares, L., Leone, E., Cisneros, R. and Gutiérrez, J., editors, Spanish language use and public life in the United States, New York: Mouton, 165-80.
Cited by
19 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献