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Article: Bilingual academic Spanish proficiency tests: Assessment of bilingual cross-cultural and language and academic development teacher candidates
- Article from:
- Bilingual Research Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright National Association for Bilingual Education Fall 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
In this paper, the authors outline steps for the development of academic language proficiency tests, assessment instruments used to determine whether teacher candidates' language abilities are adequate to enable them to conduct instruction in Spanish-English bilingual classrooms. The authors argue that it is essential to understand the complexity of the language abilities required of bilingual teacher candidates in the design of valid and reliable academic language assessment instruments. They discuss the utilization of language tests, not as measures to exclude teacher candidates from bilingual credential or certification programs, but rather for the development of courses aimed ...
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