Table of ContentsLanguage Assessment: What it measures and how Dimensions of L2 Fluency Talking Dimensions of L2 Fluency Vocabulary & Syntax Dimensions of L2 Fluency Knowing the Rules Dimensions of L2 Fluency Creativity with Language Commercial Assessment Instruments |
Author: Jill Kerper Mora
Source: Fillmore, C.J. (1979) On fluency. In C.J. Fillmore,
D. Kempler, & W. S-Y Wang, (Eds.) Individual Differences in Language Ability and
Language Behavior, pp. 85-101. New York:
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Additional On-line Resources about Language Assessment
Click here for a NCBE report on assessment instruments for LEP students.
For a link to Edward De Avila's research on expected gains in L2 learning, click here. De Avila 1997
Click here for a research report by Lilly Wong Fillmore (1998) on expected gains in language proficiency and prospects for the one-year program mandated by Proposition 227.
For a valuable discussion of language development factors in measures of academic achievement by Muriel Saville Troike click here.
Click here for Dr. Mora's testimony on assessment of LEP students before the National Assessment Governing Board (1998).
Click here for a complete analysis published by NCBE of the validity of assessments used for identification and re-classification of limited English proficient students state by state.
Click here for an article by Virginia Collier of George Mason University about the relationship between age and acquisition of language and content knowledge among L2 learners.
Click here for a description of procedures for administering the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix.
Click here for a description of a language assessment case study assignment using the Primary Acquisition of Languages (PAL) instrument
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