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Thema
Fremdsprachenlern-
und –lehrfoschung in der Schweiz: Innovationen in guter
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Thomas
Studer, Peter Lenz and Monika Mettler
Developing
instruments for the assessment of foreign-language proficiency
(French/English): Goals, context, outcomes and methodological
aspects of the IEF project |
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In the future the expected
outcomes (or standards) of language learning and teaching in
Swiss public schools will be defined through language proficiency
descriptors describing target skills and levels. Corresponding
assessment instruments are needed for quality assurance and
also for pedagogic purposes. Therefore, the cantons of German-speaking
Switzerland decided after intensive preparatory work to launch
the IEF project (Instrumente für die Evaluation von Fremdsprachenkompetenzen).
Within this project a range of instruments for the assessment
(including self-assessment) of French and Englisch proficiency
of 11 to 16 year-old pupils is to be developed.
IEF combines both, research and product-oriented development,
in an interesting way. This article presents the objectives,
elements and methods of IEF in some detail, and it links IEF
to work that was undertaken previously. The specific type of
scientificness of IEF is discussed at some length; the methods
used in the sub-project concerned with the assessment of spoken
language proficiency are taken as an example. |
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