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Bilingualism and Testing

Author : Guadalupe Valdés
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Bilingualism and Testing by : Guadalupe Valdés

Download or read book Bilingualism and Testing written by Guadalupe Valdés and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is directly concerned with the reasons underlying bilingual children's poor performance on standardized tests. It is the authors' contention that without an understanding of the nature of bilingualism itself, the problems encountered by bilingual individuals on such tests will continue. The volume's primary purpose is to contribute to the development of a research, knowledge, and theoretical base which can support the testing of bilingual individuals. By reviewing and discussing both the nature of bilingualism and the nature of standardized testing and by presenting a detailed agenda of the questions that must be answered the authors hope to influence existing and future policies which govern the use of tests and test results. This area is of increasing importance to American education and the policy implications are evident.

Social Consequences of Testing for Language-minoritized Bilinguals in the United States

Author : Jamie L. Schissel
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1788922727
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Consequences of Testing for Language-minoritized Bilinguals in the United States by : Jamie L. Schissel

Download or read book Social Consequences of Testing for Language-minoritized Bilinguals in the United States written by Jamie L. Schissel and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constructs a historical narrative to examine the social consequences of testing faced by language-minoritized bilinguals in the United States. These consequences are understood with respect to what language-minoritized bilinguals faced when they have sought (1) access to civic participation (2) entry into the United States, (3) education in K-12 Schools, and (4) higher education opportunities. By centering the test-taker perspective with a use-oriented testing approach, the historical narrative describes the cumulative nature of these consequences for this community of individuals, which demonstrates how the mechanism of testing – often in conjunction with other structural and political forces – has contributed to the historic, systemic marginalization of language-minoritized bilinguals in the United States. By viewing these experiences with respect to consequential validity, the book poses questions to those involved in testing to not only acknowledge these histories, but to actively and explicitly incorporate efforts to dismantle these legacies of discrimination. The conclusions drawn from the historical analysis add an important perspective for educators and researchers concerned with inequities in the testing of language-minoritized bilinguals.

Language Assessment

Author : Andreas Krumwiede
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638820874
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book Language Assessment written by Andreas Krumwiede and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Free University of Berlin (John-F.-Kennedy-Institut / Abteilung Sprachwissenschaften), course: HS Language Policy and Language Use in Multicultural Societies, language: English, abstract: In the last decades, the number of bilingual children in German schools, most of them elective bilinguals, has continually increased. Numerous migrants and immigrants of all nationalities and of e.g. Russian and Turkish origin have raised their children in Germany while many of them never really learned to speak German as a second language (L2) additionally to their first language (L1). It is these kids of the second (or third) generation who are born as German citizens, receive German schooling and grow up bilingual. At home, often the native tongue of the parents is spoken. Due to being enclosed in a cultural community within their German community, they never learned to speak, read or write German properly. So the popular language at home remains the parents' L1. The children are usually and according to law raised and educated in German institutions (kindergarten, school). They pick up German as a second language, if for example Turkish or Russian is mainly spoken at home. Or they even learn German as L1, when one or both parents have a sufficient command of the German language. "Bilingualism in migrant communities differs from the more stable and (to some extent) institutionally legitimized types of bilingualism [...] Characteristically, it spans three generations, the oldest speaker sometimes being monolingual in the community language, the economically active generation being to varying degrees bilingual but with greatly differing levels of competence in the host language, while children born in the host community may sometimes be virtually monolingual in the host language" (Milroy and Muysken 1995, p. 2). These are two examples of possible bilingualism as they can be found with the child

Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals

Author : Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783090111
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals by : Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole

Download or read book Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals written by Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With growing mass migration across the globe, researchers, practitioners, educators and policy makers are increasingly faced with rising numbers of multilingual children and adults. This volume raises key issues surrounding the evaluation of language abilities and proficiency in multilingual speakers, taking into account the facts concerning the processes of learning, speaking and understanding two languages. Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals brings together researchers working on bilingual and multilingual children and adults in a variety of multilingual settings: typically developing bilingual children, bilingual and multilingual children and adults found in classrooms, and bilingual children growing up in sociolinguistically fluid bilingual communities – making this an essential volume which raises key issues for anyone assessing performance.

The Assessment of Bilingual Aphasia

Author : Michel Paradis
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317767632
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Assessment of Bilingual Aphasia written by Michel Paradis and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bilingual Aphasia Test is a comprehensive language test designed to assess the differential loss or sparing of various language functions in previously bilingual individuals. The individual is tested, separately, in each language he or she previously used, and then in the two languages simultaneously. The testing is multimodal -- sampling hearing, speaking, reading, and writing; and multidimensional -- testing various linguistic levels (phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, and semantic), tasks (comprehension, repetition, judgment, lexical access and propositionizing), and units (words, sentences, and paragraphs). The BAT is structured as follows: * To test a bilingual aphasic, you will need the following testing elements: the stimulus books for each of the languages in which the individual was formerly fluent, the single-language tests for each of these languages, as well as the bilingual test that links them. For example, if you are testing an English-French bilingual aphasic, you will need an English stimulus book, a French stimulus book, an English single-language test, a French single-language test, and an English-French bilingual test. * The BAT can also be used to test monolingual aphasics. To test for monolingual aphasia, you will need the stimulus book and the single-language test in the language in which the individual was formerly fluent. * Professor Paradis' book, The Assessment of Bilingual Aphasia, provides the background material and serves as the manual for the test. The BAT is available in dozens of languages and language pairs. There are now 106 bilingual pairs available. Additional single-language and bilingual tests are being prepared continuously. If the language (or language pair) you need is not listed, please call LEA to find out if and when it will be available.

English Learners Left Behind

Author : Kate Menken
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1853599972
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book English Learners Left Behind written by Kate Menken and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how high-stakes tests mandated by No Child Left Behind have become de facto language policy in U.S. schools, detailing how testing has shaped curriculum and instruction, and the myriad ways that tests are now a defining force in the daily lives of English Language Learners and the educators who serve them.

The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals

Author : Kate Mahoney
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783097280
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals written by Kate Mahoney and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the assessment of students in K-12 schools who use two or more languages in their daily life: English Language Learners (ELLs), or Emergent Bilinguals. The book includes a thorough examination of the policy, history and assessment/measurement issues that educators should understand in order to best advocate for their students. The author presents a decision-making framework called PUMI (Purpose, Use, Method, Instrument) that practitioners can use to better inform assessment decisions for bilingual children. The book will be an invaluable resource in teacher preparation programs, but will also help policy-makers and educators make better decisions to support their students.

Memory, Language, and Bilingualism

Author : Jeanette Altarriba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107008905
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Memory, Language, and Bilingualism by : Jeanette Altarriba

Download or read book Memory, Language, and Bilingualism written by Jeanette Altarriba and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the study of memory, language and cognitive processing across various populations of bilingual speakers.

Multilingual Testing and Assessment

Author : Gessica De Angelis
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1800410565
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Multilingual Testing and Assessment written by Gessica De Angelis and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of multilingual testing and assessment has grown rapidly in recent years due to the widespread need to integrate immigrant populations into mainstream education and to provide fair and equitable forms of assessment for all students. However, a continuing emphasis on bilingual students has created a significant gap in testing and assessment research. This book addresses the need for research and guidance on testing multilingual students: at its heart is the difference between designing multilingual tests and testing multilingual individuals. The author introduces an integrated approach to testing and assessment, a flexible approach that combines information about multilingual learners' knowledge, skills and abilities with information about their language background and living environment. The book provides an overview of existing research conducted with multilingual populations; provides guidelines for test-writers, teachers and educators that outline the steps involved in the design, administration, scoring and interpretation of tests for multiple language speakers; and demonstrates how to use the integrated approach to testing and assessment in a multilingual educational context.

Language and Bilingualism

Author : John W. Oller (Jr.)
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838752104
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (521 download)

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Book Synopsis Language and Bilingualism by : John W. Oller (Jr.)

Download or read book Language and Bilingualism written by John W. Oller (Jr.) and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a theoretical basis for the thesis that intelligence is fundamentally a problem of representing -- making sense of experience and representations of it. The theory has its basis in Peirce and Einstein. It is contended that a comprehensive theory of semiotic abilities is critical to educational and psychological testing and measurement theory.

TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental (164) Book + Online

Author : Luis A. Rosado
Publisher : Research & Education Assoc.
ISBN 13 : 0738688622
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (386 download)

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Book Synopsis TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental (164) Book + Online by : Luis A. Rosado

Download or read book TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental (164) Book + Online written by Luis A. Rosado and published by Research & Education Assoc.. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REA's TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental (164) Test Prep with Online Practice Tests Gets You Certified and in the Classroom! Teacher candidates seeking certification to become bilingual teachers in Texas public schools must take the TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental (164) test. Written by Dr. Luis A. Rosado, director of the Center for Bilingual and ESL Education at the University of Texas at Arlington, this REA test guide provides extensive coverage of the exam’s four competencies. Dr. Rosado was named a 2018 International Latino Book Awards' award-winning author for his work on this book. In addition to a thorough review, the book features a diagnostic test and full-length practice test that deal with every type of question, subject area, and skill tested on the exam. Both tests are also available online for timed testing conditions, automatic scoring, and instant feedback on every question to help teacher candidates zero in on the topics that give them trouble now, so they can succeed on test day. REA’s test prep package includes: - Comprehensive review of all content categories tested on the TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental exam - Diagnostic test (online and in the book) that pinpoints strengths and weaknesses to help focus study - Full-length practice test (online and in the book) based on actual exam questions - Practice test answers explained in detail to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses - Proven study tips, strategies, and confidence-boosting advice - Online practice tests feature timed testing, automatic scoring, and topic-level feedback REA's Bilingual Education Supplemental (164) is a must-have for anyone who wants to become a bilingual teacher in Texas.

The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism

Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444332783
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism written by François Grosjean and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism presents a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of bilingualism, covering language processing, language acquisition, cognition and the bilingual brain. This thorough introduction to the psycholinguistics of bilingualism is accessible to non-specialists with little previous exposure to the field Introduces students to the methodological approaches currently employed in the field, including observation, experimentation, verbal and computational modelling, and brain imaging Examines spoken and written language processing, simultaneous and successive language acquisition, bilingual memory and cognitive effects, and neurolinguistic and neuro-computational models of the bilingual brain Written in an accessible style by two of the field’s leading researchers, together with contributions from internationally-renowned scholars Featuring chapter-by-chapter research questions, this is an essential resource for those seeking insights into the bilingual mind and our current knowledge of the cognitive basis of bilingualism

Bilingualism and Special Education

Author : Jim Cummins
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780905028132
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Bilingualism and Special Education written by Jim Cummins and published by Multilingual Matters Limited. This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has a practical focus in that it examines the effectiveness of alternatives to traditional assessment and pedagogical practices for bilingual children. It argues that much special education practice with respect to bilingual students is fundamentally misdirected.

Multilingual Testing and Assessment

Author : Gessica De Angelis
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1800410565
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism

Author : Colin Baker
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783091606
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism written by Colin Baker and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This revised edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism and language mixing.

Assessing Multilingual Children

Author : Sharon Armon-Lotem
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783093129
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Multilingual Children written by Sharon Armon-Lotem and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second language learners often produce language forms resembling those of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). At present, professionals working in language assessment and education have only limited diagnostic instruments to distinguish language impaired migrant children from those who will eventually catch up with their monolingual peers. This book presents a comprehensive set of tools for assessing the linguistic abilities of bilingual children. It aims to disentangle effects of bilingualism from those of SLI, making use of both models of bilingualism and models of language impairment. The book's methods-oriented focus will make it an essential handbook for practitioners who look for measures which could be adapted to a variety of languages in diverse communities, as well as academic researchers.

Talking and Testing

Author : Richard Young
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027241201
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Talking and Testing written by Richard Young and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers that document various dimensions of the ways in which the language learner and the language proficiency interviewer use language to accomplish oral language assessment tasks.